NameTides

Brooklyn

Brooklyn was the #118 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,300 babies), and #951 in England & Wales and #149 in Canada.

Brooklyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brooklyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Brooklyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#118 (2,300)#951 (37)#429 (7)#290 (5)#885 (3)#149 (183)
2024#107 (2,500)#952 (37)—#337 (4)#736 (4)#129 (206)
2023#84 (2,865)#921 (38)#439 (7)—#495 (7)#92 (248)
2022#72 (3,216)#630 (60)#760 (3)—#634 (5)#89 (272)
2021#63 (3,545)#767 (48)#286 (13)—#661 (5)#75 (344)
2020#54 (4,032)#559 (70)#276 (13)——#73 (339)
2019#52 (4,316)#590 (67)#224 (18)#336 (4)#621 (5)#64 (401)
2018#47 (4,652)#553 (75)#275 (14)—#512 (7)#63 (412)
2017#39 (5,213)#480 (91)#369 (9)#432 (3)#365 (11)#54 (475)
2016#34 (5,971)#485 (89)#262 (16)——#43 (542)
2015#31 (6,333)#428 (103)#266 (15)#269 (6)#431 (10)#37 (597)
2014#26 (6,842)#448 (97)#323 (12)#314 (5)#584 (6)#37 (601)
2013#28 (6,906)#492 (86)#238 (17)#284 (6)—#28 (661)
2012#29 (6,796)#546 (77)#254 (18)#297 (6)#510 (8)#28 (690)
2011#21 (7,178)#702 (55)#266 (16)#363 (4)#695 (5)#23 (748)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #21.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 700common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 820common

Next year

On its recent trend, Brooklyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 780 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 760 to 1 in 810.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brooklyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #116MEWisconsin: #92WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #88WAIdaho: #69IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #72NDMinnesota: #138MNIllinois: #107ILMichigan: #87MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #64NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #96IAIndiana: #127INOhio: #127OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #239NJConnecticut: #102CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #156CAUtah: #96UTColorado: #154CONebraska: #120NEMissouri: #100MOKentucky: #118KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #101VAMaryland: #79MDDelaware: #70DEArizona: #92AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: #201KSArkansas: #106ARTennessee: #118TNNorth Carolina: #117NCSouth Carolina: #50SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #143OKLouisiana: #73LAMississippi: #49MSAlabama: #108ALGeorgia: #96GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #156TXFlorida: #138FL
Brooklyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#101103
Quebec2025#5917

Brooklyn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrooklynCanadaGirls#149183
BrooklynCanadaBoys#2,0959
BrooklynEngland & WalesGirls#95137
BrooklynEngland & WalesBoys#74546
BrooklynIrelandGirls#8853
BrooklynIrelandBoys#5775
BrooklynNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
BrooklynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrooklynScotlandGirls#4297
BrooklynScotlandBoys—too few
BrooklynUSGirls#1182,300
BrooklynUSBoys#3,18137