Brooklynn — #468 US girls' name
37,512 babies named Brooklynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Brooklynn was born in this single decade.
2,412 babies were named Brooklynn in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brooklynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 37,512 babies named Brooklynn between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brooklynn currently holds the #468 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 2,412 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brooklynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18,826 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brooklynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,399 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brooklynn in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brooklynn 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 37,512 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.
Brooklynn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Brooklynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2011)
- 2,412
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #468 among girls.
37,512 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 2,412 births in a single year.
Brooklynn popularity over time — boys
31 total births recorded since 2004 (Brooklynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Brooklynn accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brooklynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18,826 births that decade — 50% of Brooklynn's all-time total
Brooklynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 18,826 births
- Runner-up 11,488 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brooklynn's strongest decade
18,826 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Brooklynn by state
Where Brooklynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,399 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 2,870 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,345 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,991 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 1,522 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,408 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 1,320 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 1,188 | 3.2% |
3,399 of 37,512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- California 7.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.3% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brooklynn appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1975–2024 (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.