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.

Brick

#7,657 most common boys' name of all time · #19,260 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among boys
#7,657
Rank overall
#19,260 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
459
Since 2016
101
Peak year
2011 #4,132
Best rank
#2,108 1959
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
1960198020002020

Brick first appears in 1951. 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 — 7 7 #9,863
2024 — 8 8 #9,140
2023 — 12 12 #6,973
2022 — 6 6 #11,089
2021 — 7 7 #9,893
2020 — 9 9 #8,181
2019 — 8 8 #9,042
2018 — 15 15 #5,818
2017 — 16 16 #5,589
2016 — 13 13 #6,438
2015 — 14 14 #6,059
2014 — 13 13 #6,381
2013 — 14 14 #5,989
2012 — 12 12 #6,711
2011 — 24 24 #4,132
2010 — 11 11 #7,174
2009 — 6 6 #11,236
2008 — 8 8 #9,178
2007 — 10 10 #7,711
2006 — 11 11 #7,015
2005 — 8 8 #8,473
2004 — 6 6 #10,210
2003 — 8 8 #8,027
2002 — 8 8 #7,807
1999 — 9 9 #6,654
1998 — 5 5 #9,961
1997 — 5 5 #9,562
1996 — 6 6 #8,213
1995 — 9 9 #6,052
1993 — 7 7 #7,043
1992 — 6 6 #7,726
1990 — 8 8 #6,018
1989 — 9 9 #5,317
1988 — 5 5 #7,619
1987 — 7 7 #5,695
1986 — 6 6 #6,229
1985 — 6 6 #6,021
1980 — 8 8 #4,688
1978 — 5 5 #6,150
1977 — 8 8 #4,364
1975 — 5 5 #5,829
1974 — 5 5 #5,575
1973 — 7 7 #4,280
1972 — 6 6 #4,749
1971 — 5 5 #5,307
1968 — 6 6 #3,980
1962 — 8 8 #3,265
1961 — 9 9 #3,070
1960 — 8 8 #3,300
1959 — 16 16 #2,108
1958 — 9 9 #3,017
1954 — 6 6 #3,788
1951 — 6 6 #3,697