Brown
#3,773 most common boys' name of all time · #9,200 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among boys
#3,773
Rank overall
#9,200 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
1,482
Since 2016
31
Peak year
1918 #897
Best rank
#485 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 55/yr
Brown first appears in 1881. 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 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,694 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,276 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,893 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,838 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,747 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,904 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,224 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,884 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,532 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,617 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,521 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,643 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,450 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,268 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,966 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,071 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,071 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,336 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,689 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,552 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,304 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,844 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,515 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,586 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,973 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,467 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,906 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,519 |
| 1950 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,226 |
| 1949 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,883 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,133 |
| 1947 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,426 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,270 |
| 1944 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,013 |
| 1943 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,720 |
| 1942 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,058 |
| 1941 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,595 |
| 1940 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,278 |
| 1939 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,732 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,103 |
| 1937 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,382 |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,599 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,947 |
| 1934 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1933 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,340 |
| 1932 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,436 |
| 1931 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,932 |
| 1930 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,686 |
| 1928 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,666 |
| 1927 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1926 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,284 |
| 1925 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,285 |
| 1924 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1923 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1922 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,003 |
| 1921 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,369 |
| 1920 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,211 |
| 1919 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,128 |
| 1918 | — | 55 | 55 | #897 |
| 1917 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,022 |
| 1916 | — | 45 | 45 | #957 |
| 1915 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,046 |
| 1914 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,111 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,277 |
| 1912 | — | 26 | 26 | #879 |
| 1911 | — | 20 | 20 | #723 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #899 |
| 1909 | — | 16 | 16 | #702 |
| 1908 | — | 17 | 17 | #652 |
| 1907 | — | 15 | 15 | #688 |
| 1906 | — | 10 | 10 | #826 |
| 1905 | — | 10 | 10 | #811 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,118 |
| 1902 | — | 7 | 7 | #971 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #819 |
| 1900 | — | 9 | 9 | #936 |
| 1899 | — | 7 | 7 | #897 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #940 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,004 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #665 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #929 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | #835 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #873 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #675 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #684 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1889 | — | 9 | 9 | #714 |
| 1888 | — | 8 | 8 | #794 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #580 |
| 1885 | — | 12 | 12 | #573 |
| 1883 | — | 12 | 12 | #554 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #743 |
| 1881 | — | 14 | 14 | #485 |