Brian Boy Name
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The name Brian is of Celtic origin, and means brave or virtuous.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Brian has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Brian for Boys During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 1,111,876 | 1,055,516 | 392,992 | 89,229 | 40,129 | 14,858 | 7,219 |
| Used as a Boy Name | Used as a Girl Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1925 | 870 | 59 | ||
| 1926 | 952 | 51 | ||
| 1927 | 757 | 75 | ||
| 1928 | 599 | 106 | ||
| 1929 | 559 | 111 | ||
| 1930 | 644 | 91 | ||
| 1931 | 602 | 96 | ||
| 1932 | 537 | 119 | ||
| 1933 | 449 | 152 | ||
| 1934 | 404 | 186 | ||
| 1935 | 345 | 255 | ||
| 1936 | 289 | 344 | ||
| 1937 | 228 | 519 | ||
| 1938 | 204 | 608 | ||
| 1939 | 176 | 810 | ||
| 1940 | 163 | 1,013 | ||
| 1941 | 153 | 1,118 | ||
| 1942 | 139 | 1,529 | ||
| 1943 | 120 | 1,930 | ||
| 1944 | 117 | 1,949 | ||
| 1945 | 113 | 1,992 | ||
| 1946 | 103 | 2,577 | ||
| 1947 | 95 | 3,442 | ||
| 1948 | 95 | 3,358 | ||
| 1949 | 86 | 3,835 | ||
| 1950 | 79 | 4,462 | ||
| 1951 | 74 | 5,087 | ||
| 1952 | 64 | 5,745 | ||
| 1953 | 52 | 6,658 | ||
| 1954 | 48 | 8,083 | ||
| 1955 | 40 | 10,104 | ||
| 1956 | 32 | 14,623 | ||
| 1957 | 26 | 17,480 | ||
| 1958 | 24 | 19,231 | ||
| 1959 | 22 | 20,714 | ||
| 1960 | 20 | 21,984 | ||
| 1961 | 20 | 22,529 | ||
| 1962 | 20 | 23,235 | ||
| 1963 | 20 | 24,115 | ||
| 1964 | 20 | 24,177 | ||
| 1965 | 19 | 24,547 | ||
| 1966 | 14 | 27,233 | ||
| 1967 | 10 | 28,632 | ||
| 1968 | 10 | 29,911 | ||
| 1969 | 9 | 31,675 | 933 | 130 |
| 1970 | 8 | 31,898 | 885 | 150 |
| 1971 | 9 | 32,584 | 884 | 150 |
| 1972 | 8 | 36,284 | 794 | 171 |
| 1973 | 8 | 35,651 | 822 | 159 |
| 1974 | 8 | 34,442 | 908 | 139 |
| 1975 | 8 | 30,545 | 878 | 151 |
| 1976 | 8 | 30,471 | 873 | 154 |
| 1977 | 8 | 32,454 | 831 | 180 |
| 1978 | 9 | 29,375 | 858 | 171 |
| 1979 | 10 | 28,630 | 930 | 158 |
| 1980 | 12 | 28,676 | 882 | 173 |
| 1981 | 14 | 26,549 | 999 | 145 |
| 1982 | 14 | 25,805 | ||
| 1983 | 14 | 26,010 | 942 | 157 |
| 1984 | 17 | 24,683 | 973 | 148 |
| 1985 | 18 | 23,051 | ||
| 1986 | 20 | 20,989 | ||
| 1987 | 20 | 20,345 | ||
| 1988 | 22 | 19,493 | ||
| 1989 | 24 | 18,092 | ||
| 1990 | 27 | 16,907 | ||
| 1991 | 30 | 14,917 | ||
| 1992 | 31 | 14,087 | ||
| 1993 | 34 | 12,529 | ||
| 1994 | 37 | 11,630 | ||
| 1995 | 36 | 10,983 | ||
| 1996 | 36 | 10,466 | ||
| 1997 | 37 | 9,722 | ||
| 1998 | 41 | 9,137 | ||
| 1999 | 43 | 8,792 | ||
| 2000 | 43 | 8,936 | ||
| 2001 | 46 | 8,277 | ||
| 2002 | 51 | 8,058 | ||
| 2003 | 58 | 7,639 | ||
| 2004 | 59 | 7,219 | ||
| Totals: | 1,111,876 | 2,336 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Brian as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Brian appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 80 times during the last 125 years.
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