Brinkley
#5,795 most common girls' name of all time · #9,800 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1939–2025
Rank among girls
#5,795
Rank overall
#9,800 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,346
Since 2016
343
Peak year
2012 #2,124
Best rank
#2,111 2013
Girls
Boys
peak 96/yr
Brinkley first appears in 1939. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,274 |
| 2024 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,046 |
| 2023 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,488 |
| 2022 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,509 |
| 2021 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,994 |
| 2020 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,240 |
| 2019 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,096 |
| 2018 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,691 |
| 2017 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,648 |
| 2016 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2014 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,449 |
| 2013 | 90 | 5 | 95 | #2,111 |
| 2012 | 90 | 6 | 96 | #2,124 |
| 2011 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,538 |
| 2010 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,697 |
| 2009 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,978 |
| 2008 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,488 |
| 2007 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,340 |
| 2006 | 36 | 6 | 42 | #4,095 |
| 2005 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,957 |
| 2004 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,200 |
| 2003 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,446 |
| 2002 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #4,007 |
| 2001 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,721 |
| 2000 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,757 |
| 1999 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,258 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,334 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,011 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,617 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,213 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,968 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,776 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,200 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,514 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,433 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,139 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,540 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | — |