Feminine dossier · first seen 1972

Brooklyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brooklyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2011

Peak era

2011

Peak rank proxy

7,178

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1972Peak 20112024

Peak year

2011

Decline from peak

65.4%

2024

2,487

All-time

122,847

Brooklyn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2011, when 7,178 girls were named Brooklyn.

In 2024, only 2,487 girls were given the name.

Down 65.4% from its peak.

All told, about 122,847 Americans have been named Brooklyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1972.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2011

20117,178 girls named Brooklyn

20242,487 girls named Brooklyn

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