first name
BROOKLYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 96,523 people named Brooklyn, 68.3% reported their origin as White, 13.1% as Black and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brooklyn peaked in 2011, when 7,257 babies got the name.
At least 127,055 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Brooklyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #97. The largest share of babies named Brooklyn, 49.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Brooklyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brooklyn has been most common in Utah (3.6×), Nevada (2.6×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.24×).
124,788 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Brooklyn
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brooklyn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brooklyn ranks #126,357 of 156,621, with 142 people. See Brooklyn as a last name
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