Brooklyn

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 30% girls / 70% boys

Meaning

Brooklyn is a unisex first name.

From Wikipedia

Brooklyn first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 19 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 203 babies (rank #227 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Brooklyn

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brooklyn yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,452

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

203

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Brooklyn

Brooklyn Deckerfilm actor · b. 1987

Share your Brooklyn story

Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with B

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1997	6	#1,793
1999	42	#483
2000	87	#309
2001	91	#303
2002	98	#284
2003	112	#270
2004	114	#278
2005	104	#308
2006	144	#257
2007	189	#230
2008	203	#227
2009	182	#243
2010	190	#248
2011	164	#275
2012	152	#300
2013	145	#304
2014	109	#375
2015	136	#342
2016	145	#327