Brooks: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “of the brook”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BROOKS · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys (97% of all uses)
From an English surname derived from brook, originally for someone living near a stream. The final -s is part of the surname form.
How popular is Brooks?
Babies named Brooks in 20244,854
2024 rank#67 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188054,652
Brooks is rising: use over the last five years is 4.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Brooks
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Brooks questions
What does the name Brooks mean?
Brooks means "of the brook". It comes from English. From an English surname derived from brook, originally for someone living near a stream. The final -s is part of the surname form.
Is Brooks a boy or girl name?
Brooks is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Brooks?
4,854 US babies were named Brooks in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Brooks?
Brooks is usually pronounced BROOKS.
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.