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
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 7,178 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 125,197since 1972
Brooklyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #118 | 2,300 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #107 | 2,500 | #2,288 | 62 |
| 2023 | #84 | 2,865 | #2,244 | 63 |
| 2022 | #72 | 3,216 | #2,563 | 53 |
| 2021 | #63 | 3,545 | #2,523 | 52 |
| 2020 | #54 | 4,032 | #2,235 | 61 |
| 2019 | #52 | 4,316 | #1,678 | 95 |
| 2018 | #47 | 4,652 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2017 | #39 | 5,213 | #2,003 | 71 |
| 2016 | #34 | 5,971 | #2,066 | 68 |
| 2015 | #31 | 6,333 | #2,086 | 67 |
| 2014 | #26 | 6,842 | #2,063 | 68 |
| 2013 | #28 | 6,906 | #2,562 | 47 |
| 2012 | #29 | 6,796 | #2,132 | 63 |
| 2011 | #21 | 7,178 | #1,812 | 79 |
| 2010 | #34 | 6,130 | #1,739 | 87 |
| 2009 | #37 | 5,677 | #1,409 | 120 |
| 2008 | #48 | 5,317 | #1,571 | 101 |
| 2007 | #57 | 4,887 | #1,741 | 85 |
| 2006 | #66 | 4,719 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #78 | 4,132 | #1,772 | 74 |
| 2004 | #101 | 3,266 | #1,687 | 76 |
| 2003 | #118 | 2,925 | #2,392 | 44 |
| 2002 | #152 | 2,210 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #172 | 1,905 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #176 | 1,831 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #182 | 1,689 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #200 | 1,558 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #227 | 1,328 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #286 | 1,010 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #340 | 774 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #385 | 658 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #467 | 541 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #553 | 426 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #716 | 294 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #911 | 210 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #1,113 | 139 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,363 | 100 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,475 | 78 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#408 · 1 in 3,212
- Tennessee#496 · 1 in 4,031
- North Carolina#563 · 1 in 4,658
- Georgia#639 · 1 in 5,599
- Michigan#981 · 1 in 11,594
Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #408 | 10 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Tennessee | #496 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| North Carolina | #563 | 8 | 1 in 4,658 |
| Georgia | #639 | 7 | 1 in 5,599 |
| Michigan | #981 | 5 | 1 in 11,594 |
| Ohio | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 13,541 |
| Texas | #1,676 | 6 | 1 in 21,478 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Brooklyn
- 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)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2011 at #21 (7,178 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2005–2023
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Highest: 1 in 245 girls born in 2011 were named Brooklyn (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 699 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 48.2% of all girls named Brooklyn (60,337) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 147 | #2,187 (1979) | #4,763 |
| 1980s | 898 | #1,042 (1989) | #1,505 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | #182 (1999) | #427 |
| 2000s | 36,869 | #37 (2009) | #101 |
| 2010s | 60,337 | #21 (2011) | #34 |
| 2020s | 18,458 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 17,386 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 89.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,349Rivka101
- #1,349Sue101
- #1,349Wendi101
- #1,363Brooklyn100
- #1,363Adria100
- #1,363Amalia100
- #1,363Crista100
- #1,371Aida99
- #1,371Alix99
- #1,371Anika99
Tied with 7 names at #1,363; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 311,164 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 25.3% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,459Zenon7
- #5,459Zerrick7
- #5,459Zuri7
- #6,089Brooklyn6
- #6,089Aamir6
- #6,089Aaryn6
- #6,089Abayomi6
- #6,951Aadam5
- #6,951Aaric5
- #6,951Aarin5
Tied with 861 names at #6,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.