Brahm — #6028 US boys' name
333 babies named Brahm in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Brahm was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Brahm in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brahm
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Brahm between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brahm currently holds the #6028 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brahm performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brahm shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brahm in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Brahm at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brahm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2012)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #6028 among boys.
333 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 25 births in a single year.
Brahm by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 151 births that decade — 45% of Brahm's all-time total
Brahm decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brahm's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.