The baby name Brock is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced UK: /brɒk/; US: /brɑk/.
Brock is English in Origin.
The baby name Brock is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced UK: /brɒk/; US: /brɑk/.
Brock is English in Origin.
Brock is an English given name taken from a medieval surname. Its chief root is Old English brocc, "badger," itself likely from Celtic brocc; the word appears widely in Middle English as brok/brokke. In some lines the name also overlaps with surnames from Old English broc, "brook, stream," so Brock can signify either the animal or a water-side dwelling.
As a first name, Brock surfaces in late-19th-century records and rose sharply in the United States from the 1960s through the 1990s amid the boom in strong, monosyllabic surnames; usage remains steady in Canada and Australia, with a rugged, athletic image reinforced by sports figures. Variants include Broc and Brok; elaborations such as Brockton occur, and Gaelic Broc is cognate. While Brooke/Brook are related by the "stream" sense, they are not direct variants. Overall meaning: "badger" or "one who lives by a brook."
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Boys | 0 | #26 | 2 | 897 |
| TM | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 614 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #152 | 3 | 4,685 |
| CR | 0 | #160 | 6 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #178 | 1 | 2,508 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #253 | 4 | 7,111 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #270 | 37 | 2,588 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #297 | 7 | 7,909 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #388 | 2 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #403 | 4 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #405 | 4 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #433 | 13 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #462 | 26 | 10,188 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #522 | 5 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #553 | 5 | 12,905 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #554 | 378 | 7,044 |
| LY | 0 | #554 | 6 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #561 | 5 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #572 | 4 | 12,054 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #583 | 10 | 9,244 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #597 | 9 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #620 | 6 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #685 | 6 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #692 | 9 | 13,390 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #735 | 5 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #759 | 11 | 18,755 |
| SY | 0 | #764 | 4 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #817 | 13 | 13,765 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #862 | 25 | 15,035 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #868 | 14 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2005 | #920 | 5 | 9,844 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #921 | 6 | 14,506 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #942 | 60 | 16,750 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #960 | 23 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #975 | 7 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,082 | 11 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,086 | 26 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,107 | 22 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,132 | 47 | 25,619 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,149 | 28 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,440 | 32 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,590 | 25 | 28,008 |
Brock is popular in 63 countries — most recent births per country:
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