Brooklynn
Brooklynn was the 488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 608 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 129th with 2,412 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 319 places. More babies were named Brooklynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Brooklyn) Brooklyn, New York (from Dutch Breukelen) · Dutch, American English
- Rank in 2025
- #488 girls, down 226 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 608girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20112,412 babies
- Total since 1880
- 38,163babies recorded
What does the name Brooklynn mean?
Brooklynn is a spelling of Brooklyn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Brooklyn's meaning and origin.
Brooklyn is the name of the New York City borough, which the Dutch settlers named after the town of Breukelen near Utrecht. Wiktionary derives the Dutch name from broek, 'marsh, wetland', so the original sense is a marshy place. As a girl's name Brooklyn is a modern American choice from the place name; it also fits the pattern of blended names like Brook plus Lynn. The variant Brooklynn is also used.
Breukelen (Dutch, “town near Utrecht”)broek (Dutch, “marsh, wetland”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Brooklynn, Brooke, Brook, Brooklin.
See also: Germanic names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Brooklyn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Brooklyn', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Brooklynn popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 31 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #488 | 608 |
| 2020 | #262 | 1,170 |
| 2010 | #142 | 2,191 |
| 2000 | #517 | 510 |
| 1990 | #2,806 | 41 |
| 1980 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brooklynn, counting every spelling?
Brooklynn is a spelling of Brooklyn, a name family that ranked #109 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #488 for Brooklynn on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,943 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 2,300 | #118 | 14,426 |
| Brooklynn | 608 | #488 | 4,014 |
| Brooklynne | 14 | #7,561 | 112 |
| Brooklin | 11 | #8,967 | 65 |
| Brooklyne | 10 | #9,570 | 31 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brooklynn?
608 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brooklynn (0.17 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brooklynn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 14 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brooklynn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brooklynn?
About 37,800 people born in the US named Brooklynn are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 10 and 19. That makes Brooklynn mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brooklynn by state
How common Brooklynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (3.6×), Alabama (2.3×), Missouri (2.3×), Louisiana (2.2×), West Virginia (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New York, New Jersey, Maine.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brooklynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brooklynn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brooklynn
What does Brooklynn mean?
Brooklynn is a spelling of Brooklyn, which means “Brooklyn, New York (from Dutch Breukelen)” (Dutch, American English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Brooklynn?
Brooklynn was the 488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 608 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 129th with 2,412 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 319 places. More babies were named Brooklynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brooklynn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brooklynn in the US.
Where is Brooklynn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brooklynn was most common in Mississippi (1.77 per 1,000 girls), followed by Delaware and Montana.