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
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,477since 1881
Brown over time
Rank among boys' names. Brown has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
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| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,275 | 28 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,278 | 32 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,279 | 32 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,246 | 34 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,213 | 35 | |
| 1922 | — | #999 | 50 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,208 | 36 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #894 | 55 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,017 | 41 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,037 | 38 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#349 · 1 in 3,240
- Virginia#366 · 1 in 4,016
- South Carolina#386 · 1 in 4,180
- Georgia#453 · 1 in 5,128
- North Carolina#495 · 1 in 5,664
Best ever in a state: #181 in Mississippi, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #349 | 8 | 1 in 3,240 |
| Virginia | #366 | 6 | 1 in 4,016 |
| South Carolina | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,180 |
| Georgia | #453 | 6 | 1 in 5,128 |
| North Carolina | #495 | 6 | 1 in 5,664 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1922 (#1,360 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1913 (#876 → #1,256)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #460 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1887–1902
- 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%)
- 21.7% of all boys named Brown (320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #460 (1881) | #600 |
| 1890s | 79 | #635 (1891) | #809 |
| 1900s | 98 | #632 (1908) | #804 |
| 1910s | 320 | #707 (1911) | #982 |
| 1920s | 311 | #999 (1922) | #1,359 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,330 (1933) | #1,622 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,275 (1940) | #1,939 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,207 (1950) | #2,763 |
| 1960s | 53 | #2,210 (1960) | #3,356 |
| 1970s | 20 | #3,428 (1975) | #4,747 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,495 (1980) | #4,856 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,178 |
| 2000s | 7 | #9,871 (2008) | #9,871 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,728 (2013) | #10,728 |
| 2020s | 31 | #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 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 21,763 of them was named Brown, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).