Girls' name · since 1979
Brookelyn
Brookelyn has 3,379 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,379
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brookelyn is the #7624 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,379 recorded since 1979.
Brookelyn has 3,379 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7624 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #3,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,624 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,379 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brookelyn ranks #3,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,379 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,379
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brookelyn's 3,379 recorded births place it above 95.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Brookelyn compares
3,379 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brookelyn's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brookelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,379 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 244 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brookelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brookelyn splits its recorded history at 2004: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 244 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brookelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 244
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Brookelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,716 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Brookelyn's strongest decade.
1,716 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Brookelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 565
1990s
565 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,716 births
- 2010s
2010s
909 births
- 2020s 137
2020s
137 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,716 births (51% of all-time use).
How Brookelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brookelyn's total volume
Brookelyn by state
Where Brookelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 231 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 158 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 133 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 130 | 3.8% |
| #5 | California | | 125 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 108 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 103 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 93 | 2.8% |
231 of 3,379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Brookelyn appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brookelyn's data
- Brookelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,716 total births); usage has since declined to 137 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brookelyns (231 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brookelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Brookelyn 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.