Brinton
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 805since 1914
Brinton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Brinton has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Brinton! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brinton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Brinton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brinton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1984 at #2,159 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs 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 75,202
- Highest: 1 in 75,202 boys born in 1984 were named Brinton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 20.4% of all boys named Brinton (164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 25 | #2,621 (1915) | #3,450 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,986 (1921) | #3,669 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,738 (1933) | #3,316 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,306 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,449 (1954) | #3,380 |
| 1960s | 55 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,413 |
| 1970s | 81 | #2,777 (1979) | #4,020 |
| 1980s | 164 | #2,159 (1984) | #3,063 |
| 1990s | 117 | #3,368 (1993) | #4,791 |
| 2000s | 102 | #5,558 (2003) | #7,208 |
| 2010s | 94 | #6,307 (2014) | #8,161 |
| 2020s | 22 | #9,554 (2020) | #11,618 |
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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