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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#10 · 1 in 100
- Mississippi#15 · 1 in 140
- Arkansas#15 · 1 in 140
- Alabama#17 · 1 in 148
- Louisiana#18 · 1 in 173
Best ever in a state: #3 in Wyoming, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #10 | 31 | 1 in 100 |
| Arkansas | #15 | 80 | 1 in 140 |
| Mississippi | #15 | 78 | 1 in 140 |
| Alabama | #17 | 130 | 1 in 148 |
| Louisiana | #18 | 115 | 1 in 173 |
| Idaho | #22 | 41 | 1 in 154 |
| Michigan | #22 | 218 | 1 in 189 |
| Utah | #22 | 110 | 1 in 155 |
| Montana | #25 | 23 | 1 in 119 |
| Missouri | #26 | 128 | 1 in 203 |
| Wisconsin | #26 | 120 | 1 in 188 |
| Indiana | #28 | 142 | 1 in 212 |
| Kentucky | #29 | 92 | 1 in 194 |
| South Carolina | #29 | 90 | 1 in 197 |
| Kansas | #30 | 59 | 1 in 203 |
| New Hampshire | #30 | 25 | 1 in 140 |
| Ohio | #30 | 234 | 1 in 221 |
| Illinois | #32 | 237 | 1 in 234 |
| Nebraska | #32 | 41 | 1 in 192 |
| Tennessee | #32 | 138 | 1 in 222 |
| North Dakota | #33 | 20 | 1 in 153 |
| Colorado | #34 | 103 | 1 in 220 |
| Oklahoma | #34 | 69 | 1 in 228 |
| New Mexico | #35 | 31 | 1 in 187 |
| West Virginia | #35 | 35 | 1 in 168 |
| Georgia | #38 | 175 | 1 in 269 |
| Oregon | #38 | 70 | 1 in 207 |
| Arizona | #40 | 115 | 1 in 261 |
| Texas | #40 | 524 | 1 in 305 |
| Iowa | #41 | 58 | 1 in 215 |
| Hawaii | #43 | 16 | 1 in 182 |
| Maine | #44 | 20 | 1 in 172 |
| Minnesota | #46 | 98 | 1 in 244 |
| North Carolina | #47 | 166 | 1 in 273 |
| Wyoming | #47 | 8 | 1 in 132 |
| Virginia | #48 | 125 | 1 in 288 |
| Alaska | #51 | 12 | 1 in 187 |
| Nevada | #54 | 40 | 1 in 271 |
| Pennsylvania | #57 | 166 | 1 in 308 |
| Washington | #57 | 99 | 1 in 314 |
| Florida | #60 | 233 | 1 in 369 |
| Connecticut | #63 | 42 | 1 in 280 |
| Delaware | #63 | 11 | 1 in 230 |
| California | #64 | 522 | 1 in 375 |
| Rhode Island | #69 | 12 | 1 in 237 |
| Vermont | #74 | 6 | 1 in 185 |
| Maryland | #75 | 61 | 1 in 382 |
| Massachusetts | #99 | 57 | 1 in 442 |
| New Jersey | #115 | 62 | 1 in 580 |
| District of Columbia | #148 | 8 | 1 in 434 |
| New York | #148 | 117 | 1 in 752 |
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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 331 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 99.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 26,070 of them was named Brooklyn, which outranked 86.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,977Tremaine72
- #1,977Tyshawn72
- #1,977Xayden72
- #2,003Brooklyn71
- #2,003Alexandre71
- #2,003Conley71
- #2,003Jasir71
- #2,014Abhiram70
- #2,014Alston70
- #2,014Augustin70
Tied with 10 names at #2,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.