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Brooke

Say it: BROOK/bɹʊk/

GirlMeans brook, a small stream6 letters1 syllable

#213

in Ireland (2025)

#217 with spellings combined

20

babies in 2025

#72

best rank (2010)

1,209

babies since 1982

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10-year rank change

Brooke through the years

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Brooke: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 20250255075100125196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2010: 97
Brooke: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Brooke: per 10,000 girls per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025010203040196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 girls listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (girls)Rank
202520#217
202420#216
202326#182
202225#187
202131#157
202022#207
201937#149
201847#121
201738#151
201652#116
201556#113
201462#101
201370#97
201276#86
201190#82
201097#72
200984#85
200894#75
200787#73
200642#128
200539#128
200433#138
200319#200
200211#289
200113#254
20008#325
19974#496
19833#529
19823#523

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

★ What does Brooke mean?

Brook, a small stream

English, from a surname for someone who lived by a brook.

Say it right

BROOK

Rhymes with book.

The story of Brooke

Brooke started as an English surname for a person who lived near a brook, a small stream. It has been used as a girls’ first name since the 1970s, and the American actor Brooke Shields made it much better known in the 1980s. Brook, without the final e, is a less common spelling.

Brooke first appears in the CSO records in 1982, but it stayed very rare until the late 1990s. It rose quickly in the 2000s and had its best year in 2010, when 97 girls were named Brooke and it reached number 72. It has eased back since, with 20 girls in 2025.

In Northern Ireland it did even better, reaching number 36 in 2008.

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Sources
  • Wiktionary: Brooke (English proper noun)
  • Wikipedia: Brooke (given name)
  • CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
  • NISRA, Baby Names in Northern Ireland, full name list 1997-2025

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Spelling2025All years
Brooke201,209

In Northern Ireland

#205 in 2025 with 8 babies. Best rank #36 (2008); 883 babies since 1997.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

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