girls:
120.3k births since 1972
#322 (94th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1979
#2967 (35th percentile)
overall:
122.1k births since 1972
#594 (92nd percentile)
The name Brooklyn is the #594 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 122,064 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 92.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #322 (94.4% percentile) for all time with 120,309 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #2,967 (35.3% percentile) for all time with 1,755 births since 1979.
Brooklyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 1979 for boys).
The name Brooklyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Brooklyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 97.9% percentile (ranked #21) with 3,704 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 3,704 births per million (ranked 97.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brooklyn ranks #82 for girls (91.4% percentile) with 1,629 births per million, which is 44.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brooklyn reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 12.8% percentile (ranked #786) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 57 births per million (ranked 12.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brooklyn ranks #854 for boys (6.3% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 59.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brooklyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Brooklyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.9% confident that Brooklyn is pronounced as BROOK-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BROOK-luhn, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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