Brinson
- Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
- Given to boys 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1955 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 366since 1919
Brinson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Brinson has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
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| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
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| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five boys were named Brinson! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brinson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Brinson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brinson
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1955 at #3,505 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 131,690
- Highest: 1 in 131,690 boys born in 2003 were named Brinson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,505 in 1955, was only 1 in 343,315 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 22.7% of all boys named Brinson (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 15 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,651 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,560 (1942) | #3,560 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,666 |
| 1960s | 16 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,871 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 44 | #3,599 (1985) | #5,258 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,760 (1991) | #6,470 |
| 2000s | 83 | #5,035 (2003) | #8,049 |
| 2010s | 78 | #6,603 (2013) | #8,502 |
| 2020s | 35 | #7,034 (2020) | #8,513 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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