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Brooklyn

Pronounced /ˈbɹʊk.lən/

Rank in 2024
#2,300
Born in 2024
62
Peak year
2009 · #1412
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:2,487 in 2024 (#108)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 62 boys were named Brooklyn, about 1 in every 27,666.
  • It peaked in 2009 with 120 babies, ranked #1412.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1979.
  • 1,818 boys 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.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

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: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 110 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 934 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 769 babies, 0.04 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/

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