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 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#3 · 1 in 38
- Mississippi#6 · 1 in 104
- Alabama#10 · 1 in 117
- Utah#11 · 1 in 128
- Louisiana#11 · 1 in 132
Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #3 | 32 | 1 in 38 |
| Mississippi | #6 | 108 | 1 in 104 |
| Alabama | #10 | 165 | 1 in 117 |
| Louisiana | #11 | 158 | 1 in 132 |
| Utah | #11 | 141 | 1 in 128 |
| Michigan | #12 | 296 | 1 in 142 |
| Arkansas | #14 | 95 | 1 in 122 |
| Nebraska | #14 | 63 | 1 in 127 |
| South Dakota | #14 | 29 | 1 in 109 |
| Tennessee | #14 | 205 | 1 in 152 |
| Idaho | #15 | 52 | 1 in 124 |
| Oregon | #15 | 98 | 1 in 158 |
| West Virginia | #15 | 61 | 1 in 104 |
| Oklahoma | #17 | 107 | 1 in 158 |
| Iowa | #18 | 93 | 1 in 139 |
| Kentucky | #18 | 132 | 1 in 140 |
| Missouri | #19 | 188 | 1 in 144 |
| Indiana | #20 | 179 | 1 in 171 |
| Georgia | #21 | 253 | 1 in 191 |
| Kansas | #21 | 80 | 1 in 162 |
| North Dakota | #21 | 30 | 1 in 113 |
| Ohio | #21 | 324 | 1 in 163 |
| Colorado | #22 | 129 | 1 in 180 |
| Nevada | #23 | 63 | 1 in 171 |
| Hawaii | #24 | 22 | 1 in 147 |
| Illinois | #24 | 295 | 1 in 200 |
| Wisconsin | #24 | 139 | 1 in 166 |
| Montana | #27 | 22 | 1 in 136 |
| South Carolina | #27 | 103 | 1 in 177 |
| Washington | #27 | 151 | 1 in 208 |
| Texas | #29 | 657 | 1 in 254 |
| Arizona | #30 | 143 | 1 in 222 |
| Connecticut | #32 | 69 | 1 in 175 |
| Maryland | #32 | 110 | 1 in 221 |
| North Carolina | #33 | 202 | 1 in 223 |
| Alaska | #36 | 18 | 1 in 144 |
| Vermont | #36 | 11 | 1 in 119 |
| Virginia | #36 | 156 | 1 in 239 |
| Minnesota | #38 | 107 | 1 in 231 |
| Pennsylvania | #39 | 205 | 1 in 260 |
| Florida | #41 | 296 | 1 in 283 |
| California | #47 | 666 | 1 in 315 |
| New Mexico | #47 | 29 | 1 in 238 |
| New Hampshire | #55 | 18 | 1 in 210 |
| Delaware | #58 | 14 | 1 in 201 |
| Maine | #59 | 18 | 1 in 201 |
| Massachusetts | #72 | 81 | 1 in 313 |
| District of Columbia | #75 | 13 | 1 in 266 |
| Rhode Island | #88 | 10 | 1 in 290 |
| New Jersey | #117 | 68 | 1 in 546 |
| New York | #135 | 138 | 1 in 670 |
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 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 261 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 99.9% 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).
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 28,248 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 85.3% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,044Sylar69
- #2,044Syrus69
- #2,044Yasiel69
- #2,063Brooklyn68
- #2,063Andrei68
- #2,063Ash68
- #2,063Baker68
- #2,082Abbas67
- #2,082Abhinav67
- #2,082Eben67
Tied with 18 names at #2,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.