US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE BRIAN

Same rise and fall as Brian, around the same years.

WHERE BRIAN IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Brian ranked highest in Louisiana (#339) and lowest in Utah (#1,200). 11 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Brian name popularity

Brian has been given to 1,178,298 babies in the United States since 1909.

It peaked in 1972, when 36,477 babies got the name, and its best rank was #9 in 1972.

In 2025, 979 babies were named Brian (#663 in the country), 97% below the peak. That is down 56% from 2015.

Almost every Brian is a boy.

An estimated 1.1M people named Brian are alive in the US today, with a median age of 50.

It was a top-100 name in 51 of the 146 years on record.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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