Brooklyn

Where Brooklyn comes from

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Brooklyn
  • place
  • 2 syllables
Brooklyn through the years
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #7,292 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Brooklyn Decker born
    American model and actress
  3. 1989
    Brooklyn Lee born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 2011
    Peak, #21
    7,178 babies named Brooklyn, the most in any year.
  5. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #63.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage; variant form Brooklynn.
  • A unisex given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Brooklyn Decker · American model and actress, born 1987
  • Brooklyn Lee · American pornographic actress, born 1989
  • Brooklyn Beckham · English model and photographer, born 1999
  • Brooklyn Sudano · American actor, born 1981
  • Brooklyn Chase · American pornographic actress, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.