Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 59% girls / 41% boys
Origin: EnglishBrownie is a given name or a hypocorism often used in reference to the brownie of Scottish folklore. The name came into use in the 1890s when poems and drawings about the mythical beings were published by Palmer Cox in the children's magazine St. Nicholas. Broonie is a variant.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brownie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 5 | #1,486 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,297 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,614 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,579 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,452 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,505 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,177 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,555 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,453 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,485 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,178 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,175 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,629 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,685 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,491 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,320 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,540 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,009 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,574 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,475 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,628 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,393 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,615 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,756 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,780 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,105 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,431 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,958 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,210 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,953 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,930 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,759 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,709 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,249 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,611 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,064 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,413 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,423 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,485 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,925 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,900 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,531 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,205 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,928 |
