Brian Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Brian: every year it appeared on the national list since 1909, with 1,173,735 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,173,735

Peak year

1972 #8

Years on the list

116

10-year trend

-32.2%

In the 1970s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1909–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	3,250	#122
2012	2,820	#141
2013	2,645	#150
2014	2,536	#168
2015	2,218	#189
2016	1,984	#204
2017	1,778	#216
2018	1,631	#235
2019	1,479	#247
2020	1,261	#271
2021	1,188	#288
2022	1,180	#289
2023	1,049	#317
2024	1,116	#302
2025	979	#339

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1972

2,937

2,650

2,542

2,523

2,248

1,753

Names from the same era

Chad · 1972 Shannon · 1972 Marlon · 1972 Lamont · 1972 Shelton · 1972 Scott · 1971 Shawn · 1971 Shane · 1973 Roderick · 1971 Jermaine · 1973

Names similar to Brian

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