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Brooklyn
Pronounced /ˈbɹʊk.lən/
Rank in 2024
#108
Born in 2024
2,487
Peak year
2011 · #21
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:62 in 2024 (#2,300)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,487 girls were named Brooklyn, about 1 in every 649.
- It peaked in 2011 with 7,178 babies, ranked #21.
- It first shows up in the records in 1972.
- 122,847 girls have been named Brooklyn since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brooklyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 2.1Gen Z1997–12
- 2.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 200 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,757 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Z: 61,543 babies, 2.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 56,347 babies, 2.77 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage; variant form Brooklynn.
- A unisex given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɹʊk.lən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brooklyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.