Brinkley

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 97.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,108
2013 · 90 births
Debut · girls
1985
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,308
since 1985

Brinkley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Brinkley has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #2,108, 2013girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#5,23824—
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2021#4,96426—
2020#3,22148—
2019#4,07235—
2018#3,67741—
2017#3,62742—
2016#3,37947—
2015#2,47173—
2014#2,44274—
2013#2,10890#12,1365
2012#2,11590#10,7706
2011#2,53471—
2010#2,69166—
2009#2,96658—
2008#3,47847—
2007#3,32950—
2006#4,07336#10,6626
2005#3,94236—
2004#4,17233—
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2002#3,97832#10,6675
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five girls were named Brinkley! It came in at #8,318, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Brinkley is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #970 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,640 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,641 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedHITexas: #2,336 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,847 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Brinkley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#970 · 1 in 5,640
  2. Georgia#1,454 · 1 in 9,641
  3. Texas#2,336 · 1 in 20,847

Best ever in a state: #474 in Arkansas, 2006.

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See more about Brinkley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 217 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #5,238)
  • 2,017 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #5,238)
  • 2,767 spots since 2015 (#2,471 → #5,238)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2013 at #2,108 (90 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,497
  • Highest: 1 in 19,497 girls born in 2013 were named Brinkley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.1% of all girls named Brinkley (629) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s13#8,318 (1985)#9,072
1990s108#4,583 (1996)#8,590
2000s380#2,966 (2009)#3,878
2010s629#2,108 (2013)#2,912
2020s178#3,221 (2020)#4,727

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brinkley in 2014

girls
#2,442
74 births · 1 in 24,140 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #2,442Brinkley74
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 24,140 of them was named Brinkley, which outranked 87.3% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brinkley
  1. #2,412Maricela75
  2. #2,412Neve75
  3. #2,412Toby75
  4. #2,442Brinkley74
  5. #2,442Alise74
  6. #2,442Aralynn74
  7. #2,442Brie74
  8. #2,469Adelia73
  9. #2,469Alexandrea73
  10. #2,469Anvi73

Tied with 26 names at #2,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →