Brookley — girls' name
114 babies named Brookley in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Brookley was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Brookley in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brookley
The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Brookley between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brookley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brookley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brookley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brookley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brookley 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 114 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.
Brookley at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brookley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1980
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
114 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 16 births in a single year.
Brookley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 63 births that decade — 55% of Brookley's all-time total
Brookley decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brookley's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Brookley by state
Where Brookley concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 114 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.