Girls' name · peaked in 2011
Brooklyn name popularity since 1925
127,055 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brooklyn (98.5% girls, 1.5% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Brooklyn is about 14 years old in 2026. Brooklyn peaked in 2011 as the #21 name for girls, and it ranked #118 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 127,055
- Named Brooklyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #118
- for girls in 2025 (2,300 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.5% girls
- 125,197 girls · 1,858 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.47× its national share
Peak year is the year Brooklyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brooklyn births per year, 1925–2025
2011 was the biggest year for Brooklyn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Brooklyn became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 11,200 baby girls to 1 in 2,710.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 401 to 1 in 699.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brooklyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brooklyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brooklyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 147 | 5 | #4,890 |
| 1980s | 898 | 32 | #1,605 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | 139 | #341 |
| 2000s | 36,869 | 645 | #78 |
| 2010s | 60,337 | 709 | #31 |
| 2020–25 | 18,458 | 328 | #118 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.2% of babies named Brooklyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Brooklyn is most popular
The index compares Brooklyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brooklyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.47× | 3,724 |
| Idaho | 2.52× | 1,268 |
| Nevada | 2.42× | 1,089 |
| Wyoming | 1.79× | 305 |
| South Dakota | 1.67× | 670 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brooklyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (this page) | 125,197 | 2011 |
| Brooklynn | 38,132 | 2011 |
| Brooklin | 2,037 | 2007 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brooklyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brooklyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brooklyn (2011).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data