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Brian
Pronounced /ˈbɹaɪ.ən/
Rank in 2024
#301
Born in 2024
1,111
Peak year
1972 · #8
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,111 boys were named Brian, about 1 in every 1,544.
- It peaked in 1972 with 36,309 babies, ranked #8.
- It first shows up in the records in 1909.
- 1,172,762 boys have been named Brian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 6.4Boomers1946–64
- 18.1Gen X1965–80
- 9.8Millennials1981–96
- 3.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 471 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 12,936 babies, 0.63 per 1,000. Boomers: 241,658 babies, 6.44 per 1,000. Gen X: 493,456 babies, 18.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 296,891 babies, 9.75 per 1,000. Gen Z: 107,297 babies, 3.42 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 20,053 babies, 0.92 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Irish Brian. Doublet of Brendan.
- A male given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈbɹaɪ.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brian, CC BY-SA 4.0.