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Brook
Rooted in Old English, Brook is a gender-neutral name that means "Old English, small stream". It has cooled since its 1990s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. The name's best year yet was 1980.
EtymologyVariant of Brooke
Old EnglishOld English – "small stream"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
17
1920s
6
1930s
41
1940s
95
1950s
275
1960s
1,017
1970s
2,786
1980s
2,836
1990s
3,428
2000s
2,244
2010s
860
Peaked in the 1990s · 13,605 total U.S. births since 1900