Brinkley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRINK-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Brinkley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Brinkley mean?
English: English surname from a place name
The -ley ending is Old English leah, 'woodland clearing'.
Is Brinkley a girl's or a boy's name?
Brinkley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brinkley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Brinkley, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Brinkley in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brinkley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 90 | #2,108 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,115 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Nicknames for Brinkley
- Brink
Names like Brinkley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenley Teagan Brynlee Briar Brynn Kinley Braelynn Brooklyn Finley Cassidy Riley Brylee
Names related to Brinkley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brinkley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brinkley, updated 20 October 2026.