Brain

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Brain first appears in the U.S. data in 1950 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 189 babies (rank #632 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
4,606
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
189
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19505#3,748
19555#3,939
19569#2,814
195717#1,960
195820#1,773
195926#1,560
196023#1,695
196130#1,467
196243#1,188
196353#1,037
196449#1,084
196560#947
196688#774
196798#744
1968118#696
1969143#659
1970143#692
1971162#646
1972179#597
1973170#608
1974176#604
1975182#601
1976154#661
1977163#661
1978144#698
1979160#675
1980177#652
1981162#679
1982189#632
1983187#624
1984141#733
1985155#709
1986143#756
1987139#782
1988133#819
1989105#997
199075#1,278
199179#1,256
199242#1,921
199345#1,851
199439#2,088
199524#2,930
199630#2,541
199725#2,992
199832#2,602
199924#3,290
200028#3,084
200129#3,072
200224#3,565
200328#3,292
200413#5,850
200523#3,953
200613#6,141
200713#6,308
200813#6,442
20097#10,005
20108#8,911
20117#9,745
20126#10,965
20137#9,777
20165#12,442
20176#10,962