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.

Brain

#1,841 most common boys' name of all time · #4,441 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1950–2017

Rank among boys
#1,841
Rank overall
#4,441 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
4,606
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1982 #633
Best rank
#598 1972
Girls Boys peak 189/yr
196019802000

Brain first appears in 1950. 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
2017 — 6 6 #11,030
2016 — 5 5 #12,470
2013 — 7 7 #9,853
2012 — 6 6 #11,002
2011 — 7 7 #9,800
2010 — 8 8 #8,972
2009 — 7 7 #10,048
2008 — 13 13 #6,470
2007 — 13 13 #6,340
2006 — 13 13 #6,174
2005 — 23 23 #3,975
2004 — 13 13 #5,886
2003 — 28 28 #3,306
2002 — 24 24 #3,585
2001 — 29 29 #3,085
2000 — 28 28 #3,094
1999 — 24 24 #3,318
1998 — 32 32 #2,617
1997 — 25 25 #3,005
1996 — 30 30 #2,551
1995 — 24 24 #2,963
1994 — 39 39 #2,104
1993 — 45 45 #1,861
1992 — 42 42 #1,934
1991 — 79 79 #1,260
1990 — 75 75 #1,281
1989 — 105 105 #1,000
1988 — 132 132 #826
1987 — 140 140 #780
1986 — 143 143 #759
1985 5 155 160 #714
1984 — 141 141 #734
1983 — 187 187 #625
1982 — 189 189 #633
1981 — 162 162 #680
1980 — 177 177 #653
1979 — 160 160 #677
1978 — 144 144 #698
1977 5 163 168 #661
1976 — 154 154 #661
1975 — 182 182 #603
1974 — 176 176 #606
1973 — 170 170 #610
1972 — 179 179 #598
1971 — 162 162 #647
1970 — 143 143 #694
1969 — 143 143 #660
1968 — 118 118 #698
1967 — 98 98 #750
1966 — 88 88 #777
1965 — 60 60 #956
1964 — 49 49 #1,095
1963 — 53 53 #1,051
1962 — 43 43 #1,202
1961 — 30 30 #1,495
1960 — 23 23 #1,725
1959 — 26 26 #1,587
1958 — 20 20 #1,835
1957 — 17 17 #2,017
1956 — 9 9 #2,956
1955 — 5 5 #4,313
1950 — 5 5 #4,149