Brooklyn, a unisex name that's dominated by girls in the U.S. and boys in the UK, is inspired by the borough in New York City, which gets its name from a Dutch town called Breukelen, meaning "broken land" or "marsh land." Some parents prefer to use it as a combination of the water-inspired names Brooke, meaning "brook," and Lynn, meaning "lake." It debuted in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 in 1990 and has been a top 100 girl's name every year since 2005. Former Miss USA Kenya Moore named her daughter Brooklyn Doris Daly, born in 2018, while former soccer player David Beckham and his wife, model Victoria Beckham, have a daughter named Brooklyn, born in 1999. MLB player Bryce Harper also named his daughter Brooklyn, born in 2020.
