Girls' name · since 1972
Brooklyn
125,197 babies named Brooklyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #118 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125,197
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brooklyn currently ranks #118 among girls' names in America, with 125,197 babies recorded since 1972.
Brooklyn has 125,197 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #118 as of the latest data, more common than 99.3% of girls, 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 1972 to 2025.
- #317 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #118 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 125,197 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brooklyn ranks #317 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #118 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 125,197 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #118 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 125,197
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brooklyn's 125,197 recorded births place it above 99.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Brooklyn compares
125,197 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Brooklyn's all-time total is 333x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brooklyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125,197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7,178 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brooklyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brooklyn's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 94% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 6%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 7,178, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brooklyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 7,178
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Brooklyn popularity over time - boys
1,858 total births recorded since 1979 (Brooklyn as boys' name)
Brooklyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (60,337 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Brooklyn's strongest decade.
60,337 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Brooklyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 147
1970s
147 births
- 1980s 898
1980s
898 births
- 1990s 8,488
1990s
8,488 births
- 2000s
2000s
36,869 births
- 2010s
2010s
60,337 births
- 2020s 18,458
2020s
18,458 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 60,337 births (48% of all-time use).
How Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn's total volume
Brooklyn by state
Where Brooklyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10,982 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 10,769 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6,570 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5,449 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 4,813 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 4,382 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 4,235 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 4,200 | 3.4% |
10,982 of 125,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Brooklyn appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brooklyn's data
- Brooklyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (60,337 total births); usage has since declined to 18,458 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brooklyns (10,982 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Brooklyn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brooklyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Brooklyn 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.