Brewer
Boy · BROO-er · English
Brewer is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “brewer of ale or beer”. In 2025 it ranked 804th for boys in the US (310 babies).
What does Brewer mean?
English: English occupational surname
“brewer of ale or beer”
An English occupational surname for someone who brewed ale or beer.
- Say it
- BROO-er
Is Brewer a girl's or a boy's name?
Brewer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 310 boys in the US.
How popular is Brewer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #804among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 310about 1 in 5,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 257% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 310 boys in the US were named Brewer, making it the 804th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,911th. It first appears in the records in 1913. 9 girls were also named Brewer in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most boys named Brewer of any year since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Brewer in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brewer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 310 | #804 |
| 2024 | 193 | #1,108 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,623 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 79 | #1,914 |
| 2020 | 77 | #1,911 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Brewer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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