Brooklyn
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- BROOK-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #799 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #118 for girls
Unisex
Brooklyn is a name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 799th for boys in the UK (46 babies) and 118th for girls in the US (2,300 babies).
What does Brooklyn mean?
Germanic: from the New York borough, named after the Dutch town of Breukelen
The New York borough was named by Dutch settlers after Breukelen, near Utrecht.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brooklyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brooklyn has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls and 46 boys in the UK and 2,300 girls and 37 boys in the US.
How popular is Brooklyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 6,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the UK were named Brooklyn, making it the 799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 498th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 231 boys. 49 girls were also named Brooklyn in 2025 (801st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Brooklyn than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Brooklyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 85% of the babies named Brooklyn in the UK in 1997, and 52% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 745th in England and Wales.
Brooklyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #799 |
| 2024 | 67 | #622 |
| 2023 | 52 | #730 |
| 2022 | 75 | #569 |
| 2021 | 78 | #558 |
| 2020 | 86 | #498 |
| 2019 | 95 | #473 |
| 2018 | 138 | #367 |
| 2017 | 164 | #338 |
| 2016 | 164 | #330 |
| 2015 | 146 | #355 |
| 2014 | 116 | #400 |
| 2013 | 157 | #313 |
| 2012 | 170 | #305 |
| 2011 | 182 | #284 |
| 2010 | 211 | #256 |
| 2009 | 195 | #257 |
| 2008 | 231 | #225 |
| 2007 | 214 | #232 |
| 2006 | 164 | #256 |
| 2005 | 120 | #299 |
| 2004 | 127 | #287 |
| 2003 | 126 | #276 |
| 2002 | 111 | #283 |
| 2001 | 104 | #303 |
| 2000 | 101 | #300 |
| 1999 | 45 | #509 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Brooklyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #118among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,300about 1 in 700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,300 girls in the US were named Brooklyn, making it the 118th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 54th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7,178 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972. 37 boys were also named Brooklyn in 2025 (3,180th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Brooklyn than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Brooklyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,980 girls in the US were given Brooklyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #109, up from #118 for this spelling alone.
- Brooklyn 2,300
- Brooklynn 608
- Brookelynn 23
- Brooklynne 14
- Brookelyn 14
- Brooklin 11
- Brooklyne 10
Brooklyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,300 | #118 |
| 2024 | 2,500 | #107 |
| 2023 | 2,865 | #84 |
| 2022 | 3,216 | #72 |
| 2021 | 3,545 | #63 |
| 2020 | 4,032 | #54 |
| 2019 | 4,316 | #52 |
| 2018 | 4,652 | #47 |
| 2017 | 5,213 | #39 |
| 2016 | 5,971 | #34 |
| 2015 | 6,333 | #31 |
| 2014 | 6,842 | #26 |
| 2013 | 6,906 | #28 |
| 2012 | 6,796 | #29 |
| 2011 | 7,178 | #21 |
| 2010 | 6,130 | #34 |
| 2009 | 5,677 | #37 |
| 2008 | 5,317 | #48 |
| 2007 | 4,887 | #57 |
| 2006 | 4,719 | #66 |
| 2005 | 4,132 | #78 |
| 2004 | 3,266 | #101 |
| 2003 | 2,925 | #118 |
| 2002 | 2,210 | #152 |
| 2001 | 1,905 | #172 |
| 2000 | 1,831 | #176 |
| 1999 | 1,689 | #182 |
| 1998 | 1,558 | #200 |
| 1997 | 1,328 | #227 |
| 1996 | 1,010 | #286 |
| 1995 | 774 | #340 |
| 1994 | 658 | #385 |
| 1993 | 541 | #467 |
| 1992 | 426 | #553 |
| 1991 | 294 | #716 |
| 1990 | 210 | #909 |
| 1989 | 164 | #1,039 |
| 1988 | 139 | #1,112 |
| 1987 | 100 | #1,362 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,603 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,604 |
| 1983 | 78 | #1,475 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Brooklyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Aiden Kian Brayden Ronan Keegan Conan Caelan Declan Rowan
Other spellings of Brooklyn
Brooklynn Brookelynn Brooklynne Brookelyn Brooklin Brooklyne
Names related to Brooklyn
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brooklyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brooklyn, updated 20 October 2026.