first name
BRAIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,359 people named Brain, 61.1% reported their origin as White, 17.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brain peaked in 1982, when 189 babies got the name.
At least 4,606 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Brain by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,463. The largest share of babies named Brain, 50.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Brain is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brain has been most common in Louisiana (2.3×), Illinois (2.1×), and California (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.45×).
2,542 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Brain
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brain, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brain ranks #20,745 of 156,621, with 1,291 people. See Brain as a last name
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