Brooklynn

Where Brooklynn comes from

The dictionaries list Brooklynn as a given name — a female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Brooklyn — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #6,484 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2010
    Brooklynn Prince born
    American child actress
  3. 2011
    Peak, #129
    2,412 babies named Brooklynn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #262.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Brooklyn.
Namesakes
  • Brooklynn Prince · American child actress, born 2010

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.