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Brooklyn name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Brooklyn ranks #118 in female records (2,300 reported) and #3,192 in male records (37 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#118 · 2,300 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 200 female records (2,500 to 2,300); rank moved from #107 to #118.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 1,245 female records (3,545 to 2,300); rank moved from #63 to #118.
2025 male rank and count
#3,192 · 37 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 25 male records (62 to 37); rank moved from #2,291 to #3,192.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 15 male records (52 to 37); rank moved from #2,529 to #3,192.
Peak year in available data
2016: 5,971 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Brooklyn becoming more popular?

Brooklyn's reported female count decreased by 200 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #107 to #118. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Brooklyn in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for BrooklynFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.5,9710201620252016: 5,971 female records2017: 5,213 female records2018: 4,652 female records2019: 4,316 female records2020: 4,032 female records2021: 3,545 female records2022: 3,216 female records2023: 2,865 female records2024: 2,500 female records2025: 2,300 female records2016: 68 male records2017: 71 male records2018: 64 male records2019: 95 male records2020: 61 male records2021: 52 male records2022: 53 male records2023: 63 male records2024: 62 male records2025: 37 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20252,300118373,192
20242,500107622,291
20232,86584632,246
20223,21672532,567
20213,54563522,529
20204,03254612,240
20194,31652951,680
20184,65247642,173
20175,21339712,004
20165,97134682,069

Questions about Brooklyn’s popularity

How common is Brooklyn in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Brooklyn ranks #118 in female records (2,300 reported) and #3,192 in male records (37 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Brooklyn?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Brooklyn only.

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