Recorded 2010–2020 Girls' name Peak 2011 20 births

Brooksley — girls' name

20 babies named Brooksley in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s142020s6
2010s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Brooksley was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

9 babies were named Brooksley in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brooksley

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Brooksley between 2010 and 2020, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brooksley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brooksley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brooksley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brooksley 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 20 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.

Brooksley at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

20

Since 2010

11 years of records

Peak year

2011

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2010

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2020

Brooksley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2010

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2011)
9
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
45678910 202020112010 5

Brooksley by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
14 births that decade — 70% of Brooksley's all-time total
2010s142020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brooksley?
20 babies have been named Brooksley since 2010. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2011 with 9 births.
When was Brooksley most popular?
Brooksley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Brooksley been used?
Brooksley has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 11 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Brooksley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brooke, Brooklyn, Brooklynn, Brook, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2010–2020 (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.