Brock

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brock: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brock: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #69 in 2003, and it stood at #2,813 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#69highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1578
2001	#2220
2002	#1519
2003	#1410
2004	#1878
2005	#3208
2006	#2538
2007	#2435
2008	#3158
2009	#2126
2010	#2036
2011	#3300
2012	#2270
2013	#2216
2014	#1819
2015	#2319
2016	#1804
2017	#1398
2018	#3412
2019	#1869
2020	#2228
2021	#2493
2022	#3449
2023	#2813

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 27 years from 1997 to 2023.

In 2009: #100 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #2126 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1578 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2009
Highest recorded position: #69 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2009).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2813 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Brock appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 202 births with the name.

Brock across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brock's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1578 (1997)	#1398 (2017)	#2813 (2023)	24 of 27	202 (1997–2023)	18 (2017)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#79 (1997)	#69 (2003)	#100 (2009)	10 of 13	1,126 (1997–2009)	131 (2003)

Brock by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brock in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	1 of 10	7
2000s	64	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	102	10 of 10	10
2020s	29	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brock appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #69 in New South Wales, Australia in 2003.

Brock's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	116	Insufficient	Not yet available

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2023, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #69, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 131 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2003.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 1997.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Britt · #28, 55y
Brittany · #14, 32y
Broden · #1457, 22y
Brodey · #1568, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alyce · #65, 23y
Kristie · #73, 22y
Mio · #64, 22y
Vaughan · #74, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lennox · #69, 30y
Linea · #69, 30y
Ottilie · #69, 30y
Taine · #69, 16y

Brock was ranked #69 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brock and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brock without appearing here.

Brock moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #3848.
Erin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #3411.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Brock

Fredrik Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1398 and #1470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1284.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1398 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1382.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1190.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2036 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Brock

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 while Albie went from #914 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 while Alfred went from #192 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 while Archie went from #141 to #13.

Moved the same way as Brock

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 and Aaron from #32 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 and Adam from #20 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 and Alan from #179 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Brock went from #1578 to #2813 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #69 in New South Wales, Australia in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Brock

Brock at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brock across 2 official records

Brock by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brock appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brock

Brock and the names beside it

Brock moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brock

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Brock at a glance

Brock across 2 official records

Brock by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brock appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brock

Brock and the names beside it

Brock moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brock

Moved the opposite way to Brock

Moved the same way as Brock