Brooklyn

#118 for girls in 2025, 2,300 births · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to girls 98.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2011 · 7,178 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
125,197
since 1972

Brooklyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #21, 2011girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1182,300#3,18137
2024#1072,500#2,28862
2023#842,865#2,24463
2022#723,216#2,56353
2021#633,545#2,52352
2020#544,032#2,23561
2019#524,316#1,67895
2018#474,652#2,16764
2017#395,213#2,00371
2016#345,971#2,06668
2015#316,333#2,08667
2014#266,842#2,06368
2013#286,906#2,56247
2012#296,796#2,13263
2011#217,178#1,81279
2010#346,130#1,73987
2009#375,677#1,409120
2008#485,317#1,571101
2007#574,887#1,74185
2006#664,719#1,82375
2005#784,132#1,77274
2004#1013,266#1,68776
2003#1182,925#2,39244
2002#1522,210#4,32218
2001#1721,905#4,12119
2000#1761,831#2,73633
1999#1821,689#3,03127
1998#2001,558#4,41315
1997#2271,328#3,73818
1996#2861,010#3,83017
1995#340774#3,85416
1994#385658#3,75117
1993#467541#8,7005
1992#553426#5,6609
1991#716294#5,09610
1990#911210#8,1175
1989#1,042164#5,6158
1988#1,113139—
1987#1,363100#6,0896
1986#1,42090#5,9266
1985#1,60474#6,5235
1984#1,60469—
1983#1,47578—
1982#1,62171#5,0037
1981#1,83060—
1980#1,98153—
1979#2,18745#6,0565
1978#2,62932—
1977#3,00226—
1976#5,21511—
1975#4,85412—
1974#6,2588—
1973#6,6667—
1972#7,2926—
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Brooklyn! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Brooklyn is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedCAUtah: #455 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,292 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: #412 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,702 girlsARTennessee: #534 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,739 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Brooklyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#412 · 1 in 2,702
  2. Utah#455 · 1 in 3,292
  3. Tennessee#534 · 1 in 4,739

Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2014.

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Arkansas#41251 in 2,702
Utah#45551 in 3,292
Tennessee#53461 in 4,739
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See more about Brooklyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#107 → #118)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#54 → #118)
  • 87 spots since 2015 (#31 → #118)
  • Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1991 (#911 → #716)
  • Biggest drop: 23 spots in 2024 (#84 → #107)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2011 at #21 (7,178 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2005–2023
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 245
  • Highest: 1 in 245 girls born in 2011 were named Brooklyn (0.41%)
  • Latest: 1 in 699 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.2% of all girls named Brooklyn (60,337) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s147#2,187 (1979)#4,763
1980s898#1,042 (1989)#1,505
1990s8,488#182 (1999)#427
2000s36,869#37 (2009)#101
2010s60,337#21 (2011)#34
2020s18,458#54 (2020)#83

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.

Brooklyn in 1980

girls
#1,981
53 births · 1 in 31,327 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #1,981Brooklyn53
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 31,327 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 83.7% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brooklyn
  1. #1,964Tamia54
  2. #1,964Taneshia54
  3. #1,964Tory54
  4. #1,981Brooklyn53
  5. #1,981Aletha53
  6. #1,981Anh53
  7. #1,981Cristie53
  8. #2,014Alexander52
  9. #2,014Analisa52
  10. #2,014Aviva52

Tied with 32 names at #1,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →