Brooklyn
About Brooklyn
It may be the hippest of hispter neighborhoods, but as a baby name Brooklyn is now on the decline: down from a peak of 120 births for boys in 1999, and over 7000 births for girls in 2011.
The most famous male bearer of this name is the eldest child of David and Victoria Beckham, now a successful model and photographer in his own right. The name is now overwhelmingly female, given to 3200 baby girls and only 57 boys last year.
Brooks would be an on-trend alternative for a baby boy.
Pronounced BROOK-lin.
As of October 2026, Brooklyn ranked #3192 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1409 in 2009.
Editor's take: The name Brooklyn is a boy's name of English, American origin meaning "marshland".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,066 | 68 | 35.4 |
| 2015 | #2,115 | 66 | 34.4 |
| 2016 | #2,069 | 68 | 35.8 |
| 2017 | #2,004 | 71 | 38.4 |
| 2018 | #2,172 | 64 | 35.2 |
| 2019 | #1,680 | 95 | 52.9 |
| 2020 | #2,266 | 60 | 34.8 |
| 2021 | #2,529 | 52 | 29.7 |
| 2022 | #2,564 | 53 | 30.4 |
| 2023 | #2,246 | 63 | 36.8 |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 62 | 36 |
| 2025 | #3,192 | 37 | 21.7 |
World rankings
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Brooklyn on lists
Famous Brooklyns
- Brooklyn Joseph Beckham
son of designer/musician Victoria Beckham and athlete/model David Beckham
Brooklyn in pop culture
- "Hello
Brooklyn," song by All Time Low