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 1954 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 354 babies (rank #54 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

7,172
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
354
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
19541#65
19551#755
19561#806
19582#773
19592#779
19607#584
19616#635
196210#536
196310#543
196411#534
196514#494
196631#335
196730#346
196844#290
196962#253
197061#254
197177#219
197299#176
1973111#156
197494#177
1975120#143
1976110#157
197774#201
1978101#168
1979111#152
198099#170
198184#194
198279#193
198372#207
198465#227
1985103#159
1986116#150
1987158#123
1988197#103
1989248#89
1990317#66
1991295#68
1992322#65
1993354#54
1994285#72
1995322#58
1996267#72
1997255#75
1998272#69
1999271#72
2000282#68
2001223#90
2002200#103
2003193#104
2004124#149
2005114#161
200692#185
2007103#163
2008118#144
200983#187
201060#241
201152#265
201261#222
201357#236
201439#303