Brooks
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning of the small stream.
How Brooks has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #233 |
| 2016 | #233 |
| 2017 | #204 |
| 2018 | #161 |
| 2019 | #109 |
| 2020 | #92 |
| 2021 | #78 |
| 2022 | #76 |
| 2023 | #73 |
| 2024 | #67 |
| 2025 | #64 |
Brooks by the numbers
In 2025, 66 babies in England and Wales were named Brooks. In the US, 1,938 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brooks. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Brooks, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Moisesdrawn from the water; Spanish variant of Moses745 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brooks
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