How popular is “Brooks” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brooks” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Brooks” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Brooks” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Brooks” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Brooks” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Brooks” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brooks” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	5	0.000024816		5	-100%
1882	9	0.000040626		9	-100%
1884	6	0.000024645		6	-100%
1885	11	0.000045671		11	-100%
1886	5	0.000019584		5	-100%
1887	6	0.000024253		6	-100%
1888	6	0.000020035		6	-100%
1889	5	0.000017304		5	-100%
1890	8	0.000026543		8	-100%
1891	6	0.00002093		6	-100%
1892	9	0.000026916		9	-100%
1894	10	0.000029526		10	-100%
1895	10	0.000028488		10	-100%
1896	8	0.000022379		8	-100%
1897	14	0.000040351		14	-100%
1898	8	0.000020972		8	-100%
1899	10	0.000029478		10	-100%
1900	12	0.000026651		12	-100%
1901	16	0.000046268		16	-100%
1902	11	0.000028443		11	-100%
1903	12	0.00003148		12	-100%
1904	11	0.000027262		11	-100%
1905	8	0.000018871		8	-100%
1906	12	0.000028008		12	-100%
1907	16	0.00003438		16	-100%
1908	16	0.000032743		16	-100%
1909	15	0.000029341		15	-100%
1910	13	0.000022007		13	-100%
1911	15	0.000023282		15	-100%
1912	25	0.000025302		25	-100%
1913	51	0.000044851		51	-100%
1914	48	0.00003389		48	-100%
1915	77	0.000042021	6	71	-84%
1916	60	0.000031017		60	-100%
1917	73	0.000036377	5	68	-86%
1918	75	0.000034545		75	-100%
1919	61	0.000028907		61	-100%
1920	84	0.000037125	7	77	-83%
1921	84	0.000035982		84	-100%
1922	76	0.0000332		76	-100%
1923	54	0.000023453		54	-100%
1924	66	0.000027712		66	-100%
1925	53	0.000022715		53	-100%
1926	61	0.000026569		61	-100%
1927	59	0.000025438		59	-100%
1928	59	0.000026095		59	-100%
1929	56	0.000025546		56	-100%
1930	53	0.000023839		53	-100%
1931	55	0.000026136		55	-100%
1932	48	0.000022735		48	-100%
1933	56	0.000028008		56	-100%
1934	53	0.00002552		53	-100%
1935	67	0.000032059		67	-100%
1936	44	0.000021179		44	-100%
1937	63	0.000029568		63	-100%
1938	56	0.00002531		56	-100%
1939	50	0.000022692		50	-100%
1940	61	0.000026491		61	-100%
1941	64	0.000026268		64	-100%
1942	81	0.000029651		81	-100%
1943	65	0.000023029		65	-100%
1944	63	0.000023419	6	57	-81%
1945	72	0.00002714	6	66	-83%
1946	63	0.000019716		63	-100%
1947	98	0.000027205	9	89	-82%
1948	78	0.000022592	7	71	-82%
1949	84	0.000024105		84	-100%
1950	67	0.000019125	8	59	-76%
1951	96	0.00002606	7	89	-85%
1952	80	0.000021064		80	-100%
1953	125	0.000032437	10	115	-84%
1954	110	0.000027633	9	101	-84%
1955	115	0.000028642	12	103	-79%
1956	126	0.00003056	14	112	-78%
1957	115	0.000027367	6	109	-90%
1958	93	0.000022497	7	86	-85%
1959	135	0.000032468	8	127	-88%
1960	107	0.000025759	9	98	-83%
1961	143	0.000034522	8	135	-89%
1962	134	0.000033206	8	126	-88%
1963	136	0.000034359	15	121	-78%
1964	112	0.00002881	8	104	-86%
1965	111	0.000030617	12	99	-78%
1966	123	0.000035389	11	112	-82%
1967	118	0.000034758	7	111	-88%
1968	122	0.000036112	7	115	-89%
1969	106	0.000030501	11	95	-79%
1970	165	0.000045751	18	147	-78%
1971	180	0.000052442	18	162	-80%
1972	139	0.000044225	11	128	-84%
1973	146	0.000048394	12	134	-84%
1974	153	0.000050329	13	140	-83%
1975	133	0.000044049	19	114	-71%
1976	136	0.000044821	13	123	-81%
1977	154	0.000048481	16	138	-79%
1978	138	0.00004348	23	115	-67%
1979	210	0.00006312	19	191	-82%
1980	348	0.00010103	59	289	-66%
1981	448	0.000129503	57	391	-75%
1982	478	0.000136261	57	421	-76%
1983	331	0.000095573	28	303	-83%
1984	281	0.000080544	18	263	-87%
1985	315	0.000088257	21	294	-87%
1986	248	0.00006972	18	230	-85%
1987	248	0.000068782	19	229	-85%
1988	214	0.000057915	24	190	-78%
1989	227	0.000059046	13	214	-89%
1990	230	0.000058191	9	221	-92%
1991	226	0.000058019	13	213	-88%
1992	259	0.000067426	20	239	-85%
1993	258	0.00006843	25	233	-81%
1994	280	0.000075316	21	259	-85%
1995	275	0.000075092	20	255	-85%
1996	260	0.000071288	10	250	-92%
1997	264	0.000072813	12	252	-91%
1998	243	0.000066065	19	224	-84%
1999	243	0.000065785	14	229	-88%
2000	259	0.00006852	11	248	-92%
2001	246	0.000065716	9	237	-93%
2002	250	0.000066875	14	236	-89%
2003	276	0.000072587	8	268	-94%
2004	340	0.000088984	8	332	-95%
2005	356	0.000092592	17	339	-90%
2006	422	0.000106668	10	412	-95%
2007	493	0.000123321	14	479	-94%
2008	430	0.000109396	11	419	-95%
2009	571	0.00014947	13	558	-95%
2010	724	0.000195901	24	700	-93%
2011	897	0.00024523	19	878	-96%
2012	877	0.00023979	29	848	-93%
2013	1182	0.000324221	19	1163	-97%
2014	1547	0.000417389	27	1520	-97%
2015	1685	0.000455293	33	1652	-96%
2016	1702	0.000463925	31	1671	-96%
2017	1951	0.000545552	17	1934	-98%
2018	2423	0.000689156	44	2379	-96%
2019	3554	0.001023932	46	3508	-97%
2020	3941	0.001179736	71	3870	-96%
2021	4500	0.001328237	58	4442	-97%
2022	4416	0.001305298	69	4347	-97%
2023	4563	0.001378052	80	4483	-96%
2024	4854	0.001458314	61	4793	-97%

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