Girls' name · since 2004
Brinklee
156 babies named Brinklee in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
156 girls have been named Brinklee since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinklee has been recorded 156 times among girls since 2004, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2021.
- #22,346 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinklee ranks #22,346 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,346 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brinklee's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
Brinklee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brinklee splits its recorded history at 2013: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brinklee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2021
- Peak year (2012)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Brinklee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Brinklee's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Brinklee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (58% of all-time use).
Brinklee by state
Where Brinklee concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 156 births nationwide.
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- Brinklee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Utah records the most Brinklees (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brinklee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brinklee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.