Brion
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,807since 1945
Brion over time
Rank among boys' names. Brion has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,864 | 31 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,722 | 31 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | — | #2,026 | 41 | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,822 | 47 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,981 | 40 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,557 | 55 |
| 1990 | — | #1,702 | 47 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,569 | 38 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,134 | 60 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,198 | 54 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,111 | 58 | |
| 1975 | — | #984 | 69 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,091 | 57 | |
| 1973 | — | #962 | 70 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,050 | 59 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,047 | 60 | |
| 1970 | — | #979 | 68 | |
| 1969 | — | #903 | 71 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,305 | 36 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,196 | 44 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #919 | 69 | |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | — | #803 | 87 | |
| 1956 | — | #934 | 64 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,022 | 54 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,169 | 41 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,139 | 40 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brion! It came in at #2,743, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Brion is popular in 1996
No state had 5 or more boys named Brion in 1996, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brion
- 3,002 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #8,243)
- 3,008 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,243)
- 3,698 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1969 (#1,366 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1960 (#919 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1957 at #803 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1956–1959
- Highest: 1 in 22,265 boys born in 1973 were named Brion (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #803 in 1957, was only 1 in 24,796 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.8% of all boys named Brion (612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 43 | #1,884 (1946) | #2,818 |
| 1950s | 522 | #803 (1957) | #1,090 |
| 1960s | 395 | #903 (1969) | #1,277 |
| 1970s | 612 | #962 (1973) | #1,076 |
| 1980s | 360 | #1,320 (1984) | #1,742 |
| 1990s | 416 | #1,557 (1991) | #2,054 |
| 2000s | 214 | #2,864 (2000) | #4,274 |
| 2010s | 167 | #4,463 (2013) | #5,415 |
| 2020s | 78 | #5,235 (2020) | #6,767 |
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.
Brion in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 250,430 of them was named Brion, which outranked 33.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,581Zoraya8
- #9,581Zoua8
- #9,581Zykia8
- #10,567Brion7
- #10,567Aaliyha7
- #10,567Aarianna7
- #10,567Aarionna7
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
Tied with 1,239 names at #10,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 51,197 of them was named Brion, which outranked 78.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,183Trevis38
- #2,183Tyriek38
- #2,183Vinson38
- #2,218Brion37
- #2,218Augustin37
- #2,218Burton37
- #2,218Christoper37
- #2,254Akiva36
- #2,254Aman36
- #2,254Arlen36
Tied with 35 names at #2,218; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.