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Brooklyn
Recorded 127,055 times in US records since 1972. Peak year: 2011.
#284 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 1,419
U.S. · 2025 records
Familiar
rarity tier
≈126,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Brooklyns are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 126,000 Brooklyns are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 2,700 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Brooklyn through the years, 1972–2025

2011 · 7,257 7,257 0
19722025
Peak Brooklyn year: 2011 (ringed), with 7,257 recorded. Current usage: ~98% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.