Brown

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#460
1881 · 14 births
Debut · boys
1881
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,477
since 1881

Brown over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Brown has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #460, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024——
2023—#8,2559
2022—#10,8636
2021—#10,7996
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2013—#10,7286
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2008—#9,8717
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1990—#7,1786
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1986—#4,8538
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1983#10,2755#5,4846
1982—#4,5938
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1980—#4,4958
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1976—#5,5875
1975—#3,42810
1974—#5,2275
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1969—#3,3148
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1965—#3,9305
1964—#4,0395
1963—#3,0448
1962—#3,3057
1961—#3,6526
1960—#2,21014
1959—#2,53011
1958—#3,2757
1957—#2,8229
1956—#2,49711
1955—#2,55810
1954—#2,9428
1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,8758
1951—#2,49510
1950—#2,20712
1949—#1,87216
1948—#2,11513
1947—#2,16913
1946—#2,40310
1945—#2,24210
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,69918
1942—#2,04213
1941—#1,58819
1940—#1,27528
1939—#1,71216
1938—#2,08412
1937—#1,37224
1936—#1,58718
1935—#1,92914
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,42624
1931—#1,92715
1930—#1,42826
1929—#1,67220
1928—#1,64721
1927—#1,69221
1926—#1,27832
1925—#1,27932
1924—#1,24634
1923—#1,21335
1922—#99950
1921—#1,36030
1920—#1,20836
1919—#1,12238
1918—#89455
1917—#1,01741
1916—#95245
1915—#1,03738
1914—#1,10127
1913—#1,25617
1912—#87626
1911—#70720
1910—#85913
1909—#67916
1908—#63217
1907—#66415
1906—#79810
1905—#78610
1904—#1,0646
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1902—#9337
1901—#7798
1900—#9029
1899—#8577
1898—#8857
1897—#9426
1896—#64112
1895—#8727
1894—#7878
1893—#8367
1892—#64111
1891—#6359
1890—#9945
1889—#6739
1888—#7558
1887—#54411
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1885—#54712
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1883—#52712
1882—#6918
1881—#46014
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Brown! It came in at #460, and was given to 14 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Brown is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
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  • 101–500
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedALGeorgia: #414 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,578 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Brown, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#414 · 1 in 4,578

Best ever in a state: #181 in Mississippi, 1911.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Brown
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1922 (#1,360 → #999)
  • Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1913 (#876 → #1,256)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1887–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,195
  • Highest: 1 in 7,195 boys born in 1881 were named Brown (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Brown (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#460 (1881)#600
1890s79#635 (1891)#809
1900s98#632 (1908)#804
1910s320#707 (1911)#982
1920s311#999 (1922)#1,359
1930s197#1,330 (1933)#1,622
1940s153#1,275 (1940)#1,939
1950s92#2,207 (1950)#2,763
1960s53#2,210 (1960)#3,356
1970s20#3,428 (1975)#4,747
1980s30#4,495 (1980)#4,856
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178
2000s7#9,871 (2008)#9,871
2010s6#10,728 (2013)#10,728
2020s31#7,679 (2025)#9,399

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.

Brown in 1920

boys
#1,208
36 births · 1 in 29,565 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,208Brown36
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 29,565 of them was named Brown, which outranked 75.8% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brown
  1. #1,180Stanislaus37
  2. #1,180Steward37
  3. #1,180Val37
  4. #1,208Brown36
  5. #1,208Ansel36
  6. #1,208Buel36
  7. #1,208Conley36
  8. #1,225Adrien35
  9. #1,225Ancil35
  10. #1,225Arlington35

Tied with 16 names at #1,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →