Girls' name · since 1994
Brooklen
272 babies named Brooklen in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brooklen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 272 recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Brooklen recorded 272 times among girls since 1994, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2024.
- #16,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 272 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brooklen ranks #16,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brooklen's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brooklen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brooklen's full recorded timeline at 2010, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brooklen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Brooklen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (128 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Brooklen's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Brooklen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 128 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Brooklen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brooklen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Brooklen 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.