Brooklyn is a girl's name of English origin meaning “wetland, marsh.” In 2024 it was given to 2,487 girls in the United States.
Brooklyn belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “wetland, marsh” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Brooklyn first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #21 in 2011, and in 2024 2,487 babies received the name — 122,847 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Brooklyn means “wetland, marsh” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Brooklyn is a girl name. In 2024, 2,487 babies received the name in the US.
Brooklyn comes from the English & American tradition.
Brooklyn first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #21 in 2011, and 2,487 babies were given the name in 2024.
Brooklyn is pronounced /ˈbɹʊk.lən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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