Brian

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Brian is a masculine given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world.

From Wikipedia

Brian first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 38 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 633 babies (rank #22 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Brian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brian yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

11,841
Total babies (all years)
38
Years in the data
633
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952624#13
1953518#20
1954513#18
1955477#19
1956462#21
1957482#18
1958470#18
1959437#20
1960633#22
1961602#24
1962521#27
1963574#24
1964473#27
1965423#30
1966417#29
1967391#32
1968353#39
1969389#35
1970331#42
1971331#43
1972259#55
1973257#54
1974245#55
1975211#57
1976170#71
1977177#70
1978174#73
1979165#73
1980142#78
1981161#76
1982137#82
1983128#88
1984132#83
198544#105
20143#398
20153#399
20165#288
20177#223