Feminine dossier · first seen 1931

Brook

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brook
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.6% from peak

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

405

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1931Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

94.6%

2024

All-time

10,597

Brook once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 405 girls were named Brook.

In 2024, only 22 girls were given the name.

Down 94.6% from its peak.

All told, about 10,597 Americans have been named Brook and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1931.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.6% from peak

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