Masculine dossier · first seen 1950

Brain

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brain
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1982

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

189

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1950Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,596

Brain is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 189 boys were named Brain.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,596 Americans have been named Brain and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1982

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