Girls' name · since 1980
Brookley
Brookley has 114 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
114 girls have been named Brookley since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brookley has 114 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2023.
- #25,675 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brookley ranks #25,675 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brookley's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
Brookley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brookley's full recorded timeline at 2012, 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 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brookley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Brookley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Brookley's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Brookley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (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.
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What to do with Brookley's data
- Brookley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Brookleys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama 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 Brookley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1980–2023 (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 Brookley 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.