Masculine dossier · first seen 1909

Brian

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

Endangered Down 96.9% from peak

Peak era

1972

Peak rank proxy

36,309

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen X

1909Peak 19722024

Peak year

1972

Decline from peak

96.9%

2024

1,111

All-time

1,172,762

Brian once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1972, when 36,309 boys were named Brian.

In 2024, only 1,111 boys were given the name.

Down 96.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,172,762 Americans have been named Brian and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.9% from peak

197236,309 boys named Brian

20241,111 boys named Brian

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