Brooklyn Girl
How popular is Brooklyn?
#118 girl name in 2025
2,300 baby girls were named Brooklyn in the US in 2025, making it the 118th most popular girl name. Another 37 boys got the name (#3,180 for boys).
Brooklyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #118 for girls (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,300 girls, 37 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #31 in 2015, #54 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (7,178 girls) |
| Highest rank | #21 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brooklyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brooklyn family of names ranked #112 for girls in 2025 (#99 the year before), with 2,980 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 2,300 | 77% |
| Brooklynn | 608 | 20% |
| Brookelynn | 23 | 1% |
| Brookelyn | 14 | 0% |
| Brooklynne | 14 | 0% |
| Brooklin | 11 | 0% |
| Brooklyne | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brooklyn is most popular
Babies named Brooklyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 5.4 per 1,000 (253 girls)
- Wyoming: 5.4 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Delaware: 4.2 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Hawaii: 3.8 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Montana: 3.8 per 1,000 (51 girls)
Brooklyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 147 | #2,187 |
| 1980s | 898 | #1,039 |
| 1990s | 8,488 | #182 |
| 2000s | 36,869 | #37 |
| 2010s | 60,337 | #21 |
| 2020s | 18,458 | #54 |
Girl names about as popular as Brooklyn
Questions
- Is Brooklyn a boy or girl name?
- Brooklyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Brooklyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Brooklyn?
- 2,300 baby girls were named Brooklyn in the US in 2025, making it the 118th most popular girl name. Another 37 boys got the name (#3,180 for boys).
- When was Brooklyn most popular?
- Brooklyn peaked in 2011, when 7,178 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #21 in 2011.
- How many people are named Brooklyn?
- 127,055 babies have been named Brooklyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 126,129 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Brooklyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brooklyn was most common in Mississippi, at 5.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.