Brooke

Brooke: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “small stream”
Origin: English
Say it: BROOK · 1 syllable
Used for: Girls

Variant of Brook, from an English surname and topographic name for someone living by a brook. The spelling Brooke has long been used for women and men.

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How popular is Brooke?

2024300 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Brooke in 2024999

2024 rank#308 girls

Peak year1996

Total US babies since 1880199,542

Brooke is fading: recent use is about 41% of its level ten years before.

Names like Brooke

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Lilylily flower · English

Brooke questions

What does the name Brooke mean?

Brooke means "small stream". It comes from English. Variant of Brook, from an English surname and topographic name for someone living by a brook. The spelling Brooke has long been used for women and men.

Is Brooke a boy or girl name?

Brooke is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Brooke?

999 US babies were named Brooke in 2024. Its peak year was 1996.

How do you pronounce Brooke?

Brooke is usually pronounced BROOK.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.