Brevard — boys' name
14 babies named Brevard in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Brevard was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Brevard in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brevard
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Brevard between 1928 and 1931, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brevard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brevard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brevard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brevard 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 14 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.
Brevard at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brevard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
14 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 9 births in a single year.
Brevard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 9 births that decade — 64% of Brevard's all-time total
Brevard decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Brevard's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1928–1931 (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.