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Brooklin and Brooklyn side by side: Brooklin peaked in 2007 and Brooklyn in 2011; in 2025 they were given to 11 and 2,337 babies.

Brooklin and Brooklyn, year by year

Babies given each name per year
Brooklin and Brooklyn births by year2k4k6k8k18801900192019401960198020002025BrooklynBrooklin
Brooklin and Brooklyn births by year2k4k6k8k18801900192019401960198020002025BrooklynBrooklin
Brooklin and Brooklyn births by year2k4k6k8k1880190519301955198020052025BrooklynBrooklin
Brooklin and Brooklyn births by year2k4k6k8k1880193019802025BrooklynBrooklin

Girls and boys together; Brooklin solid, Brooklyn dashed.

Brooklin and Brooklyn compared
BrooklinBrooklyn
Births 2025112,337
Rank 2025#8,965 among girls’ names#118 among girls’ names
Recorded since 18802,042127,055
Peak year20072011
Girls99.8%99%
Alive, estimated2,020126,000
Median age1914

Both names: SSA national file, published May 8, 2026, and SSA’s cohort life tables.

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