Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Brooklyn.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1972
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 4 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 8 |
| 1976 | 8 |
| 1977 | 17 |
| 1978 | 21 |
| 1979 | 28 |
| 1980 | 32 |
| 1981 | 36 |
| 1982 | 42 |
| 1983 | 47 |
| 1984 | 41 |
| 1985 | 43 |
| 1986 | 52 |
| 1987 | 58 |
| 1988 | 78 |
| 1989 | 89 |
| 1990 | 111 |
| 1991 | 157 |
| 1992 | 231 |
| 1993 | 299 |
| 1994 | 368 |
| 1995 | 440 |
| 1996 | 576 |
| 1997 | 763 |
| 1998 | 882 |
| 1999 | 952 |
| 2000 | 1,008 |
| 2001 | 1,058 |
| 2002 | 1,230 |
| 2003 | 1,601 |
| 2004 | 1,779 |
| 2005 | 2,236 |
| 2006 | 2,482 |
| 2007 | 2,542 |
| 2008 | 2,812 |
| 2009 | 3,090 |
| 2010 | 3,448 |
| 2011 | 4,081 |
| 2012 | 3,859 |
| 2013 | 3,936 |
| 2014 | 3,830 |
| 2015 | 3,548 |
| 2016 | 3,370 |
| 2017 | 3,019 |
| 2018 | 2,735 |
| 2019 | 2,572 |
| 2020 | 2,494 |
| 2021 | 2,160 |
| 2022 | 1,961 |
| 2023 | 1,786 |
| 2024 | 1,543 |
| 2025 | 1,431 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.
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- Mississippi 3.1×
- Delaware 2.6×
- North Dakota 2.5×
- Montana 2.5×
- Idaho 2.1×
More like it
More like Brooklyn
- Brecklin, Sounds similar
- Breklyn, Sounds similar
- Brookelyne, Sounds similar
- Brooklon, Sounds similar
- Brooklyne, Sounds similar
- Brooklynn, Sounds similar
- Brooklenn, Sounds similar
- Brookelynne, Sounds similar
- Brooklan, Sounds similar
- Brooklinn, Sounds similar
- Brooklynne, Sounds similar
- Brookelynn, Sounds similar
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 2,300
- Rank in 2025
- #118
- How rare
- 1 in 698 girls
- Since 1972
- 125,197
Most popular in 2011, at 4,081 per million girls born.
Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 60% per million girls born.
| State | Times the national rate | Births pooled |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.1× | 133 |
| Delaware | 2.6× | 27 |
| North Dakota | 2.5× | 31 |
| Montana | 2.5× | 33 |
| Idaho | 2.1× | 68 |
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.