Brinkley — #5066 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Brinkley

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,283 babies named Brinkley between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brinkley currently holds the #5066 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 90 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brinkley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 629 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brinkley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brinkley in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brinkley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,283 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.