Brookson
Robert Brookson was a Canadian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Meaning & Origin of Brookson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Robert Brookson was a Canadian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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The Story of Brookson
The earliest SSA record of Brookson as a baby boy name dates back to 2013, when 7 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Brookson — #6,215 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Brookson on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Brookson last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 83 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Brookson
Brookson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 83 births in the dataset. Brookson's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #6,215. Use the chart and map above to compare Brookson's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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