How Many People Are Named Brain?
people named Brain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 81,396 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,606 babies named Brain in Social Security records from 1950 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
189 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brain (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brain alive today is about 45 years old, and 86% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brain first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1982, to 189 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Brain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #597, in 1972.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #597 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #647 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brain were born in California than in any other state: about 504 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brain was given 2.1 times as often in Illinois, 2.1 times in Louisiana and 1.9 times in California.
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