Brooklyn

Boy · recorded 1979–2025

  • #3,181in 2025
  • 1 in 46,164boys in 2025
  • −38%last ten years
  • 1.7×in California

Most popular in 2009.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 42 recorded years as a table
Brooklyn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19824
19853
19863
19873
19894
19902
19915
19925
19933
19949
19958
19969
199710
19988
199914
200017
200110
20029
200322
200438
200537
200636
200741
200850
200960
201045
201142
201233
201325
201435
201535
201636
201738
201835
201953
202035
202130
202230
202337
202436
202522

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
37
Rank in 2025
#3,181
How rare
1 in 46,164 boys
Since 1979
1,858

Most popular in 2009, at 60 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.7×29

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.