Brien
#2,186 most common boys' name of all time · #5,226 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1925–2025
Rank among boys
#2,186
Rank overall
#5,226 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
3,593
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1963 #770
Best rank
#770 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 99/yr
Brien first appears in 1925. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,838 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,104 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,384 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,220 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,760 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,813 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,157 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,891 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,297 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,361 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,180 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,755 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,491 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,262 |
| 2007 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,273 |
| 2006 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,024 |
| 2005 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,547 |
| 2004 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 2003 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,946 |
| 2002 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,649 |
| 2001 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,432 |
| 2000 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,941 |
| 1999 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,976 |
| 1998 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,118 |
| 1997 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,976 |
| 1996 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,001 |
| 1995 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,821 |
| 1994 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,673 |
| 1993 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,023 |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,480 |
| 1991 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,904 |
| 1990 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,603 |
| 1989 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,465 |
| 1988 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,493 |
| 1986 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,444 |
| 1985 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,130 |
| 1984 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,336 |
| 1983 | 5 | 65 | 70 | #1,114 |
| 1982 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,184 |
| 1981 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,097 |
| 1980 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,052 |
| 1979 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,164 |
| 1978 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,074 |
| 1977 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,325 |
| 1976 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,138 |
| 1975 | — | 68 | 68 | #998 |
| 1974 | — | 69 | 69 | #992 |
| 1973 | — | 81 | 81 | #892 |
| 1972 | — | 69 | 69 | #982 |
| 1971 | — | 87 | 87 | #875 |
| 1970 | — | 84 | 84 | #883 |
| 1969 | — | 97 | 97 | #789 |
| 1968 | — | 89 | 89 | #787 |
| 1967 | — | 89 | 89 | #777 |
| 1966 | — | 85 | 85 | #793 |
| 1965 | — | 70 | 70 | #880 |
| 1964 | — | 82 | 82 | #845 |
| 1963 | — | 99 | 99 | #770 |
| 1962 | — | 71 | 71 | #905 |
| 1961 | — | 93 | 93 | #792 |
| 1960 | — | 71 | 71 | #903 |
| 1959 | — | 76 | 76 | #884 |
| 1958 | — | 72 | 72 | #891 |
| 1957 | — | 69 | 69 | #917 |
| 1956 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,042 |
| 1955 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,198 |
| 1953 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,302 |
| 1952 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1951 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,432 |
| 1949 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,497 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1946 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,006 |
| 1944 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,076 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,212 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,514 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,116 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,261 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,748 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,791 |