Girls' name · peaked in 2011

Brooklynn name popularity since 1925

38,163 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brooklynn. Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Brooklynn is about 14 years old in 2026. Brooklynn peaked in 2011 as the #129 name for girls, and it ranked #488 in 2025.

Key facts

US babies since 1925
38,163
Named Brooklynn, 1925–2025
Peak year
2011
#129 for girls that year
Typical age
About 14
Median birth year 2012
In 2025
#488
for girls in 2025 (608 babies)
Girls / boys
99.9% girls
38,132 girls · 31 boys
Most popular in
Nevada
2.50× its national share

Peak year is the year Brooklynn 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.

Brooklynn births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Brooklynn per year, 1925–2025

2011 was the biggest year for Brooklynn both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Brooklynn became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 17,900 baby girls to 1 in 4,530.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 1,380 to 1 in 2,640.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brooklynn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brooklynn.

Decade by decade

Babies named Brooklynn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 00 –
1930s 00 Under 5
1940s 00 Under 5
1950s 00 Under 5
1960s 00 Under 5
1970s 360 #6,563
1980s 2050 #4,652
1990s 2,3870 #905
2000s 11,48921 #274
2010s 18,8315 #169
2020–25 5,1845 #488

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

51.8% of babies named Brooklynn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Brooklynn by generation Gen X born 1965–80 0.1% Millennials born 1981–96 3.2% Gen Z born 1997–2012 51.8% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 44.8%

Where Brooklynn is most popular

The index compares Brooklynn'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 Brooklynn.

StateIndexBabies
Nevada2.50×333
Utah2.11×671
Idaho2.04×303
Oklahoma1.89×922
Indiana1.74×1,535

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Brooklynn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

SpellingGirlsPeak year
Brooklynn (this page) 38,132 2011
Brooklyn 125,197 2011
Brooklynne 2,009 2009

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brooklynn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brooklynn.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Brooklynn (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