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Baby name
Brooks
Boy
Origin of the name
Brooks was first an English surname, “of the brook.”
Rising name
57,946births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 64rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Brooks are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Brooks is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Brooks is most common in Utah (3.6 times), Idaho (2.2) and North Dakota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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