Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brach

#15,645 most common boys' name of all time · #40,680 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2003

Rank among boys
#15,645
Rank overall
#40,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
99
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1991 #5,351
Best rank
#4,537 1982
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Brach first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2003 — 5 5 #11,448
2002 — 8 8 #7,940
2000 — 8 8 #7,722
1999 — 7 7 #8,197
1997 — 8 8 #6,924
1992 — 5 5 #9,024
1991 — 10 10 #5,351
1990 — 6 6 #7,639
1989 — 6 6 #7,507
1987 — 7 7 #5,888
1983 — 5 5 #6,970
1982 — 9 9 #4,537
1981 — 8 8 #4,886
1976 — 7 7 #4,895