Head to head · Girls' names
Aubree vs Brooklynn
#489 vs #488 in 2025 · both stepping back from its peak
Brooklynn is a whisker ahead (#488 vs #489 in 2025) and both are stepping back from its peak. The records will not split these two — sound, story and your own last name will.
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Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
The tale of the tape
On the charts, Aubree leads 3 measures of 6; Brooklynn leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1970s: Aubree #3325, Brooklynn #6939 — Aubree higher
- 1980s: Aubree #1441, Brooklynn #4487 — Aubree higher
- 1990s: Aubree #910, Brooklynn #1156 — Aubree higher
- 2000s: Aubree #546, Brooklynn #330 — Brooklynn higher
- 2010s: Aubree #98, Brooklynn #177 — Aubree higher
- 2020s: Aubree #297, Brooklynn #377 — Aubree higher
Aubree stood higher in 5 of 6 decades; Aubree has held the lead since the 2010s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Aubree | Brooklynn |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | #3325 | #6939 |
| 1980s | #1441 | #4487 |
| 1990s | #910 | #1156 |
| 2000s | #546 | #330 |
| 2010s | #98 | #177 |
| 2020s | #297 | #377 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Aubree
elf ruler, or elf power
From the Germanic elements alb 'elf' and ric 'power, ruler', joined in the old name Alberich. Aubree carries that meaning through Aubrey, of which it is a respelling.
Alberich → Auberi → Aubrey → Aubree
How it traveled
The root is the Germanic Alberich, borne by the dwarf-king who guards the Nibelung hoard in medieval German legend. Norman French wore it down to Auberi, and Norman speakers brought it to England after 1066, where it settled as Aubrey and stayed a man's name for centuries — you can still find it on English maps and surnames.
Brooklynn
from Breukelen, a Dutch place name read as either 'marshland' or 'broken land'
Dutch scholars split the older form two ways: 'broek' plus 'lede', a marsh with a watercourse running through it, or a compound understood as broken ground — land cleared or cut up for farming. Both readings point at the same wet, low countryside near Utrecht. The name reached English as a place, not as a word, so the meaning traveled with the map rather than the language.
Breukelen → Breuckelen → Brooklyn → Brooklynn
How it traveled
Breukelen is a real town on the Vecht in the Dutch province of Utrecht. In the seventeenth century, settlers in New Netherland gave the name to a village on the western end of Long Island, and it stuck through the English takeover, through the growth of a great independent city, and through that city's absorption into New York as a borough.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Aubree
AW-bree
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some speakers say OH-bree, closer to the French Aubry, but AW-bree is the standard American reading and the spelling encourages it.
- Bree — The most common short form, and a long-established given name in its own right.
- Aubs — Casual, used among friends and family rather than on paper.
- Bri — An alternate spelling of the same short form; overlaps with Brianna and Briana.
- Bee — An affectionate household short form, rarely used outside the family.
Brooklynn
BROOK-lin
Two syllables, stress on the first, exactly like the borough. The doubled n does not change the sound at all — it is a spelling choice, not a pronunciation one.
- Brooke — The most used short form, and a long-established given name in its own right across English-speaking countries.
- Lynn — Takes the back half instead of the front; also stands alone as a given name, and is strongly represented among older generations.
- Brook — The same short form without the final e, informal in use.
- Brookie — Family and childhood use rather than anything written down.
- Also B.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Aubree if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAubree is stepping back from its peak
- a name that feels very nowAubree is stepping back from its peak
Choose Brooklynn if you want…
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 40% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 74% for Aubree
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Aubree
Strengths
- Spelled the way it sounds in English, so a child rarely has to teach anyone how to say it.
- Comes with Bree ready-made — a short form that also works as a full given name on a resume or a nametag.
- Sits on a documented line running back through Norman French to Germanic Alberich, nearly a thousand years of continuous use.
To consider
- Aubrey is the spelling most people default to. Expect a lifetime of small corrections on forms, coffee cups and email addresses — manageable, but constant.
- The name's wave is recent and concentrated, so it reads as belonging to a particular slice of American childhood rather than to any generation before it.
- Aubrey is still used for men in Britain and in older American records. The -ee spelling reads as female in the US, but the parent name has two roads and someone will occasionally assume the other one.
Brooklynn
Strengths
- Almost nobody has to be taught how to say it: the place is known worldwide, so the pronunciation arrives with the name.
- Two ready short forms, Brooke and Lynn, and both are established given names on their own — useful room to move as a child grows.
- Its sound sits comfortably in the large -lyn family, so it is familiar to the ear even where the exact spelling is not.
To consider
- Brooklyn with one n is the better-known spelling, so expect to spell this one out on forms, at coffee counters and over the phone for life. Not a disaster, just a small lifelong habit.
- The borough association is immediate and specific. Some people will assume a family connection to New York and ask about it; others will simply picture the place before they picture the person.
- It arrived on American records recently enough that it reads as belonging to a particular stretch of years, and it is now easing back from its high point — a child with this name is unlikely to share it with a classmate.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Aubree
74%chance Aubree feels dated by 2040
Aubree is coming down from a big peak (#53 in 2013). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
Brooklynn
40%chance Brooklynn feels dated by 2040
Brooklynn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Where Aubree and Brooklynn each sit in the library — alternatives in the same style, ranked by the same records.
Aubree or Brooklynn — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Aubree or Brooklynn?
- Brooklynn, in 2025: Brooklynn ranked #488 with 608 babies; Aubree ranked #489 with 606 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Aubree or Brooklynn?
- Neither is rising. Over the last five years Aubree moved down 333 places; Brooklynn moved down 226 places.
- Which is the older name, Aubree or Brooklynn?
- Aubree entered the US charts in 1972; Brooklynn entered the US charts in 1975. On the American record, Aubree is the older name.
- How many people are named Aubree and Brooklynn?
- About 49,000 people named Aubree are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 38,000 people named Brooklynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Aubrees or Brooklynns in the classroom?
- Aubree will almost certainly be the only one in school. Brooklynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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