Boys' name · since 2010
Brookston
Brookston has 122 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brookston is the #9481 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 122 recorded since 2010.
Brookston has 122 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9481 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #16,096 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,481 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brookston ranks #16,096 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,481 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 122 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Brookston's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brookston compares
122 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brookston's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brookston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brookston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brookston's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brookston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Brookston by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Brookston's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Brookston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brookston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brookston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.