Spellings

Brooklyn or Brooklynn?

In the US in 2025, 78% of babies in this name family were spelled Brooklyn and 21% Brooklynn. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Brooklyn78% of the family2,300 born in 2025#118 among girls−64% since 2015Brooklynn21% of the family608 born in 2025#488 among girls−68% since 2015Brookelynn1% of the family23 born in 2025#5,410 among girls−80% since 2015

Ten years ago

Brooklyn already led in 2015, with 76% of the family's births; it has 78% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 8,346 to 2,931 births (−65%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Brooklyn6,3332,300−64%
Brooklynn1,896608−68%
Brookelynn11723−80%

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈbrʊklɪn/ (BRUK-lin). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

In France in 2025: Brooklyn 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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