The name Brock is of Old English origin, and means badger.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Brock has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Brock
Use of the Name Brock for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
27,307
27,171
21,608
10,999
6,200
2,707
1,334
The table below indicates the number of times the name Brock has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Brock first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1948, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Brock
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1948
732
84
1949
1950
1951
1952
992
52
1953
1954
1955
1956
899
68
1957
952
63
1958
1959
972
62
1960
983
60
1961
841
83
1962
793
92
1963
711
120
1964
576
189
1965
558
187
1966
587
165
1967
626
144
1968
665
128
1969
661
142
1970
590
188
1971
623
175
1972
602
174
1973
645
152
1974
509
243
1975
306
613
1976
292
645
1977
296
650
1978
338
517
1979
285
703
1980
296
686
1981
361
486
1982
393
427
1983
382
438
1984
331
566
1985
288
711
1986
266
816
1987
291
734
1988
317
682
1989
314
760
1990
257
1,042
1991
296
867
1992
306
872
1993
333
759
1994
328
763
1995
311
851
1996
299
885
1997
292
945
1998
279
1,027
1999
273
1,091
2000
268
1,219
2001
280
1,089
2002
264
1,185
2003
241
1,373
2004
245
1,334
Totals:
27,307
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Brock as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Brock appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 50 times during the last 125 years.