Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brooklyn

#318 most common girls' name of all time · #592 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among girls
#318
Rank overall
#592 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
127,055
Since 2016
39,236
Peak year
2011 #21
Best rank
#21 2011
Girls Boys peak 7,257/yr
198020002020

Brooklyn first appears in 1972. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,300 37 2,337 #118
2024 2,500 62 2,562 #107
2023 2,865 63 2,928 #84
2022 3,216 53 3,269 #72
2021 3,545 52 3,597 #63
2020 4,032 61 4,093 #54
2019 4,316 95 4,411 #52
2018 4,652 64 4,716 #47
2017 5,213 71 5,284 #39
2016 5,971 68 6,039 #34
2015 6,333 67 6,400 #31
2014 6,842 68 6,910 #26
2013 6,906 47 6,953 #28
2012 6,796 63 6,859 #29
2011 7,178 79 7,257 #21
2010 6,130 87 6,217 #34
2009 5,677 120 5,797 #37
2008 5,317 101 5,418 #48
2007 4,887 85 4,972 #57
2006 4,719 75 4,794 #67
2005 4,132 74 4,206 #78
2004 3,266 76 3,342 #101
2003 2,925 44 2,969 #118
2002 2,210 18 2,228 #152
2001 1,905 19 1,924 #172
2000 1,831 33 1,864 #177
1999 1,689 27 1,716 #182
1998 1,558 15 1,573 #200
1997 1,328 18 1,346 #227
1996 1,010 17 1,027 #286
1995 774 16 790 #342
1994 658 17 675 #385
1993 541 5 546 #468
1992 426 9 435 #553
1991 294 10 304 #716
1990 210 5 215 #915
1989 164 8 172 #1,047
1988 139 139 #1,115
1987 100 6 106 #1,370
1986 90 6 96 #1,436
1985 74 5 79 #1,618
1984 69 69 #1,613
1983 78 78 #1,483
1982 71 7 78 #1,638
1981 60 60 #1,845
1980 53 53 #2,012
1979 45 5 50 #2,215
1978 32 32 #2,679
1977 26 26 #3,078
1976 11 11 #5,546
1975 12 12 #5,129
1974 8 8 #6,807
1973 7 7 #7,338
1972 6 6 #8,131