Brooklyn
A unisex name of Dutch origin, meaning broken land; a new york borough.
How Brooklyn has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #31 |
| 2016 | #34 |
| 2017 | #39 |
| 2018 | #47 |
| 2019 | #52 |
| 2020 | #54 |
| 2021 | #63 |
| 2022 | #72 |
| 2023 | #84 |
| 2024 | #108 |
| 2025 | #118 |
Brooklyn by the numbers
In 2025, 46 babies in England and Wales were named Brooklyn. In the US, 5,239 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 7,164 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Brooklyn
Forms of Brooklyn in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Brookelynnsmall stream; modern spelling variant of Brooklyn74 in the US (2017)
- Brookelynfrom broken land; a respelling of Brooklyn46 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brooklyn
Names that are said the same way as Brooklyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Brooklynnbroken land; a variant spelling of Brooklyn1,410 in the US (2017)
- Brooklynnebrook in the land; variant spelling of Brooklyn41 in the US (2017)
- Brooklina respelling of Brooklyn; from English place name meaning badger stream34 in the US (2017)
- Brooklinnsmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)
- Brooklynesmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)
- Brooklen13 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Brooklyn, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
- Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Brooklyn
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