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Brook
Pronounced /bɹʊk/
Rank in 2024
#6,407
Born in 2024
14
Peak year
1961 · #667
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:22 in 2024 (#5,740)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 14 boys were named Brook, about 1 in every 122,522.
- It peaked in 1961 with 139 babies, ranked #667.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 3,376 boys have been named Brook since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brook per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 75 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 612 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,323 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 827 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 345 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 177 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English surname, from the noun brook. As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above. As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above. As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /bɹʊk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brook, CC BY-SA 4.0.