Brooke Name Popularity

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How popular is Brooke?

The somewhat popular name Brooke was the 201st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 250 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #43 in 2003.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1996 with 6,724 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Brooke in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1937.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Brooke occurred roughly during the years 1937-1942, 1946-1949, 1950-1953, 1959-1970, 1971-1981, and 1987-1991, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2009-2017.

Sometimes the name Brooke has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Brooke popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

Brooke's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Brooke has dropped.

The name Brooke is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Brooke (Girl)		Brooke (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,518	201	6	10,922
2017		1,617	191	7	9,821
2016		1,864	173	< 5	--
2015		2,147	150	< 5	--
2014		2,389	139	6	10,899
2013		2,751	115	< 5	--
2012		2,974	102	< 5	--
2011		3,369	86	< 5	--
2010		3,703	72	6	10,950
2009		4,797	54	< 5	--
2008		5,183	52	9	8,403
2007		5,507	45	19	4,829
2006		5,746	44	9	8,088
2005		5,567	47	11	6,704
2004		5,712	46	22	4,028
2003		5,970	43	9	7,314
2002		5,339	52	8	7,737
2001		5,212	57	9	7,003
2000		5,640	51	13	5,323
1999		6,067	47	14	4,792
1998		6,344	46	16	4,227
1997		6,670	45	11	5,323
1996		6,724	45	25	2,930
1995		6,375	52	16	3,880
1994		5,973	54	21	3,227
1993		6,161	52	21	3,155
1992		5,771	59	22	3,013
1991		5,551	65	23	2,838
1990		4,990	70	26	2,561
1989		4,147	74	22	2,796
1988		3,414	87	35	1,881
1987		2,957	94	18	2,851
1986		2,696	104	21	2,520
1985		2,728	102	14	3,238
1984		2,747	99	26	2,043
1983		2,862	96	28	1,909
1982		3,145	92	32	1,778
1981		5,329	52	42	1,481
1980		4,954	57	52	1,291
1979		3,510	85	49	1,319
1978		2,533	115	43	1,413
1977		1,871	150	40	1,453
1976		1,464	174	40	1,412
1975		1,181	208	49	1,209
1974		964	260	40	1,354
1973		771	302	56	1,083
1972		736	321	48	1,178
1971		729	347	45	1,238
1970		760	344	60	1,053
1969		403	480	43	1,203
1968		326	527	37	1,251
1967		268	585	36	1,253
1966		286	562	35	1,285
1965		146	822	30	1,411
1964		126	940	41	1,201
1963		149	858	33	1,355
1962		132	923	40	1,233
1961		121	983	51	1,094
1960		102	1,066	37	1,298
1959		73	1,257	25	1,595
1958		68	1,282	32	1,368
1957		67	1,290	26	1,548
1956		85	1,117	19	1,833
1955		67	1,230	19	1,793
1954		101	966	23	1,596
1953		133	798	18	1,840
1952		51	1,352	24	1,553
1951		51	1,303	16	1,914
1950		54	1,251	15	1,949
1949		67	1,103	17	1,826
1948		42	1,424	30	1,322
1947		41	1,463	18	1,790
1946		43	1,322	10	2,412
1945		40	1,264	18	1,586
1944		40	1,259	11	2,204
1943		30	1,530	25	1,404
1942		46	1,163	21	1,541
1941		35	1,297	19	1,589
1940		24	1,597	10	2,343
1939		9	2,949	12	2,064
1938		8	3,212	7	2,896
1937		< 5	--	< 5	--
1936		< 5	--	6	3,191
1935		5	4,290	13	2,040
1934		7	3,488	10	2,410
1933		< 5	--	8	2,768
1932		< 5	--	< 5	--
1931		< 5	--	6	3,430
1930		< 5	--	8	3,054
1929		< 5	--	6	3,604
1928		< 5	--	6	3,755
1927		< 5	--	8	3,190
1926		< 5	--	7	3,430
1925		< 5	--	6	3,790
1924		< 5	--	5	4,432
1923		< 5	--	< 5	--
1922		< 5	--	9	3,049
1921		< 5	--	5	4,415
1920		< 5	--	8	3,249
1919		< 5	--	10	2,697
1918		< 5	--	6	3,781
1917		< 5	--	< 5	--
1916		< 5	--	< 5	--
1915		< 5	--	< 5	--
1914		< 5	--	5	3,314
1913		< 5	--	< 5	--
1912		< 5	--	< 5	--
1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.