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How popular is the name Brooklyn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brooklyns are alive today.
Brooklyn (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 745th in 2025 with 46 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2008, when 203 babies were given the name, the 227th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 23% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Brooklyn you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Brooklyns born in England and Wales are between 10 and 20, and there are at least 3,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1% chance that at least one of them will be called Brooklyn.
How many babies are named Brooklyn each year?
Where does Brooklyn rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Brooklyn most popular?
Brooklyn peaked in 2008, when 203 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Brooklyn?
At least 3,100 people named Brooklyn born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brooklyn?
Most living Brooklyns are between 10 and 20; the most common age is about 17.
Is Brooklyn becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.