Brain
Boy · BRY-an · Irish
Brain is a boys' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brain mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Brian
Appears in US records as a variant of Brian, the name of Brian Boru, an 11th-century High King of Ireland.
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- BRY-an
Is Brain a girl's or a boy's name?
Brain is a boys' name.
How popular is Brain in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 189 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Brain in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,845 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,248 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 105 | #994 |
| 1988 | 132 | #822 |
| 1987 | 140 | #777 |
| 1986 | 143 | #756 |
| 1985 | 155 | #710 |
| 1984 | 141 | #733 |
| 1983 | 187 | #624 |
| 1982 | 189 | #632 |
| 1981 | 162 | #679 |
| 1980 | 177 | #651 |
| 1979 | 160 | #675 |
| 1978 | 144 | #697 |
| 1977 | 163 | #660 |
| 1976 | 154 | #660 |
| 1975 | 182 | #601 |
| 1974 | 176 | #603 |
| 1973 | 170 | #608 |
| 1972 | 179 | #596 |
| 1971 | 162 | #645 |
| 1970 | 143 | #692 |
| 1969 | 143 | #659 |
| 1968 | 118 | #696 |
| 1967 | 98 | #742 |
| 1966 | 88 | #774 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
Names like Brain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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