Brock
Brock was the 810th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 306 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 243rd with 1,378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 361 places. More babies were named Brock in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning badger; or variant of Brook (surname) · English, Old English
Say it BRAHK /bɹɑk/
- Rank in 2025
- #810 boys, down 123 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 306boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20031,378 babies
- Total since 1880
- 43,615babies recorded
What does the name Brock mean?
Brock is an English and Scottish surname turned given name. Wiktionary gives two sources for the surname: Middle English brok, broc 'badger', first a nickname for someone thought to look or behave like one, and a variant of Brook, a name for someone who lived by a stream. The badger word goes back to Old English brocc, a borrowing from a Celtic language (compare Welsh broch). Its use as a boys' first name is a 20th-century American development.
brocc (Old English, “badger”)brōc (Old English, “brook, stream”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two surname origins are possible and an individual family's line cannot usually be told apart.
Related names: Brook.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Brock', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'brock' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Brock popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 75 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #810 | 306 |
| 2020 | #687 | 371 |
| 2010 | #306 | 1,040 |
| 2000 | #268 | 1,219 |
| 1990 | #257 | 1,041 |
| 1980 | #296 | 688 |
| 1970 | #582 | 192 |
| 1960 | #965 | 62 |
| 1950 | #1,186 | 37 |
| 1940 | #2,504 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,629 | 10 |
| 1920 | #4,375 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brock, counting every spelling?
Brock is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #790 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #810 for Brock on its own. Together these spellings went to 306 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock | 306 | #810 | 1,684 |
| Broc | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brock?
306 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brock (0.08 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brock born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 27 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brock.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brock?
About 41,500 people born in the US named Brock are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 17 and 38. That makes Brock mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brock by state
How common Brock was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (3.4×), Minnesota (2.3×), Missouri (2.0×), Kansas (1.9×), Ohio (1.8×). In 18 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brock: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brock, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Brock · Sibling names for Brock
Questions about the name Brock
What does Brock mean?
Brock means “badger; or variant of Brook (surname)” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Brock?
Brock was the 810th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 306 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 243rd with 1,378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 361 places. More babies were named Brock in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Brock a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brock in the US.
Where is Brock most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brock was most common in Montana (0.74 per 1,000 boys), followed by Iowa and Minnesota.