female NAME · CURRENTLY #118

Brooklyn

BROOK-lin

“From the place name Brooklyn, derived from Dutch Breukelen; often interpreted as “broken land,” though the ultimate etymology is debated.”

A place-inspired given name associated with Brooklyn, New York.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Brooklyn has traveled through time

121975 531980 791985 2151990 7901995 1,8642000 4,2062005 6,2172010 6,4002015 4,0932020 2,3372025
LATEST YEAR20252,337 births
PEAK RANK#21in 2011
CURRENT USAGE98.4% F1.6% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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