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.

Brian

#25 most common boys' name of all time · #32 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among boys
#25
Rank overall
#32 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
1,178,298
Since 2016
13,645
Peak year
1972 #8
Best rank
#8 1970
Girls Boys peak 36,477/yr
192019401960198020002020

Brian first appears in 1909. 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
2025 — 979 979 #339
2024 — 1,116 1,116 #302
2023 — 1,049 1,049 #317
2022 — 1,180 1,180 #289
2021 — 1,188 1,188 #288
2020 — 1,261 1,261 #271
2019 — 1,479 1,479 #247
2018 — 1,631 1,631 #235
2017 — 1,778 1,778 #216
2016 — 1,984 1,984 #204
2015 5 2,218 2,223 #189
2014 — 2,536 2,536 #168
2013 5 2,645 2,650 #150
2012 11 2,820 2,831 #141
2011 5 3,250 3,255 #122
2010 8 3,766 3,774 #101
2009 6 4,658 4,664 #94
2008 9 5,263 5,272 #87
2007 23 6,075 6,098 #81
2006 8 6,511 6,519 #72
2005 24 6,920 6,944 #63
2004 42 7,333 7,375 #59
2003 20 7,672 7,692 #59
2002 19 8,082 8,101 #51
2001 16 8,303 8,319 #46
2000 30 8,958 8,988 #43
1999 20 8,808 8,828 #43
1998 25 9,146 9,171 #41
1997 24 9,739 9,763 #37
1996 29 10,476 10,505 #36
1995 53 10,991 11,044 #36
1994 36 11,648 11,684 #37
1993 44 12,544 12,588 #34
1992 42 14,107 14,149 #31
1991 48 14,915 14,963 #30
1990 51 16,935 16,986 #27
1989 70 18,106 18,176 #24
1988 126 19,532 19,658 #22
1987 126 20,362 20,488 #20
1986 142 21,027 21,169 #20
1985 137 23,069 23,206 #18
1984 147 24,720 24,867 #17
1983 156 26,050 26,206 #14
1982 147 25,829 25,976 #14
1981 144 26,583 26,727 #14
1980 173 28,715 28,888 #12
1979 158 28,659 28,817 #10
1978 171 29,432 29,603 #9
1977 181 32,492 32,673 #8
1976 155 30,517 30,672 #8
1975 151 30,578 30,729 #8
1974 138 34,449 34,587 #8
1973 160 35,686 35,846 #8
1972 171 36,306 36,477 #8
1971 150 32,624 32,774 #9
1970 148 31,917 32,065 #8
1969 130 31,669 31,799 #9
1968 105 29,922 30,027 #10
1967 104 28,646 28,750 #10
1966 89 27,253 27,342 #14
1965 71 24,552 24,623 #19
1964 63 24,167 24,230 #20
1963 55 24,133 24,188 #20
1962 60 23,221 23,281 #20
1961 40 22,566 22,606 #20
1960 52 22,000 22,052 #20
1959 39 20,737 20,776 #22
1958 38 19,279 19,317 #24
1957 26 17,519 17,545 #26
1956 19 14,666 14,685 #32
1955 23 10,109 10,132 #40
1954 12 8,078 8,090 #48
1953 10 6,665 6,675 #53
1952 13 5,741 5,754 #64
1951 8 5,101 5,109 #75
1950 5 4,441 4,446 #79
1949 6 3,854 3,860 #86
1948 6 3,358 3,364 #95
1947 12 3,450 3,462 #95
1946 8 2,585 2,593 #103
1945 5 1,989 1,994 #113
1944 — 1,954 1,954 #116
1943 10 1,950 1,960 #120
1942 — 1,523 1,523 #139
1941 — 1,123 1,123 #153
1940 — 1,007 1,007 #163
1939 — 808 808 #177
1938 — 609 609 #204
1937 — 519 519 #229
1936 — 344 344 #290
1935 — 254 254 #347
1934 — 187 187 #404
1933 — 150 150 #451
1932 — 119 119 #539
1931 — 93 93 #620
1930 — 90 90 #653
1929 — 112 112 #560
1928 — 104 104 #604
1927 — 75 75 #760
1926 — 47 47 #1,014
1925 — 59 59 #881
1924 — 38 38 #1,185
1923 — 35 35 #1,233
1922 — 31 31 #1,329
1921 — 34 34 #1,264
1920 — 31 31 #1,321
1919 — 14 14 #2,220
1918 — 12 12 #2,469
1917 — 14 14 #2,154
1916 — 17 17 #1,832
1915 — 21 21 #1,541
1914 — 11 11 #2,065
1913 — 14 14 #1,489
1912 — 6 6 #2,420
1911 — 7 7 #1,522
1909 — 5 5 #1,647