Brookelyn

A Dutch name gently fading from the charts.

Girl's nameDutchDeclining
#7285 2135in 2024

Meaning & Origin

Brookelyn is a girl's baby name, an elaborate variant of Brooklyn, derived from the Dutch Breukelen — a town in the Netherlands meaning 'broken land' or 'marshland.' Brooklyn, the New York City borough, has become one of the most fashionable place-name baby names of the 21st century.

Brookelyn's -lyn ending gives the borough name a more explicitly feminine, flowing quality — blending urban coolness with the melodic grace of Welsh-influenced -lyn names in a combination that has proven enormously popular with American parents.

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Popularity Over Time

Brookelyn was #1436 twenty years ago and has since drifted to #7285, but its charm endures.

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Popularity by Decade

Decade-by-decade popularity data for Brookelyn
DecadeBirthsTrend
2020s123
2010s909
2000s1,716
1990s565
1980s47
1970s5

Year-by-Year Data

View complete yearly data(42 years, 19792024)
Year-by-year popularity data for the name Brookelyn
YearBirthsRank
202415#7285
202325#5150
202223#5489
202126#4984
202034#4094
201939#3804
201844#3509
201746#3398
201664#2706
201578#2359
201479#2328
201398#1991
2012134#1612
2011151#1482
2010176#1337
2009205#1215
2008210#1215
2007244#1076
2006243#1055
2005181#1252

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Showing years with 5+ recorded births.

Last updated May 2026 · Data: U.S. Social Security Administration (19792024) · Methodology