How Many People Are Named Brown?
people named Brown are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,143,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,482 babies named Brown in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brown, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brown alive today is about 59 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brown first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1918, to 55 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brown has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #465, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #7,760.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,760 |
| Best rank | #465 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #991 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brown alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brown were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 2 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brown was given about 13.6 times as often in Tennessee.
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