# Brooklyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brooklyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “wetland”, “marsh” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹʊk.lən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brooklynn |
| US babies named this | 127,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,858 / 125,197 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,694, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,178 | 21 |
| 2012 | 6,796 | 29 |
| 2013 | 6,906 | 28 |
| 2014 | 6,842 | 26 |
| 2015 | 6,333 | 31 |
| 2016 | 5,971 | 34 |
| 2017 | 5,213 | 39 |
| 2018 | 4,652 | 47 |
| 2019 | 4,316 | 52 |
| 2020 | 4,032 | 54 |
| 2021 | 3,545 | 63 |
| 2022 | 3,216 | 72 |
| 2023 | 2,865 | 84 |
| 2024 | 2,500 | 107 |
| 2025 | 2,300 | 118 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79 | 1,812 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,136 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,568 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,066 |
| 2015 | 67 | 2,088 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,069 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,004 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,173 |
| 2019 | 95 | 1,680 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,240 |
| 2021 | 52 | 2,529 |
| 2022 | 53 | 2,567 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,246 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,291 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,192 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 702 |
| 2012 | 77 | 546 |
| 2013 | 86 | 492 |
| 2014 | 97 | 448 |
| 2015 | 103 | 428 |
| 2016 | 89 | 485 |
| 2017 | 91 | 480 |
| 2018 | 75 | 553 |
| 2019 | 67 | 590 |
| 2020 | 70 | 559 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 60 | 630 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 37 | 951 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 164 | 275 |
| 2012 | 152 | 299 |
| 2013 | 145 | 304 |
| 2014 | 109 | 374 |
| 2015 | 136 | 341 |
| 2016 | 145 | 326 |
| 2017 | 141 | 338 |
| 2018 | 125 | 360 |
| 2019 | 86 | 469 |
| 2020 | 80 | 482 |
| 2021 | 65 | 584 |
| 2022 | 63 | 592 |
| 2023 | 50 | 691 |
| 2024 | 63 | 602 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Brooklyn

- Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
- Brooklyn Lee, American pornographic actress
- Brooklyn Beckham, English model and photographer
- Brooklyn Sudano, American actor
- Brooklynn Proulx, Canadian child actress
- Brooklyn Chase, American pornographic actress
- Brooklyn Raines, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.