Brewer — #1106 US boys' name
1,080 babies named Brewer in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Brewer was born in this single decade.
193 babies were named Brewer in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brewer
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,080 babies named Brewer between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brewer currently holds the #1106 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 193 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brewer performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 559 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Brewer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Brewer in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brewer 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 1,080 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.
Brewer at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Brewer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2024)
- 193
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #1106 among boys.
1,080 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 193 births in a single year.
Brewer popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2024 (Brewer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brewer accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brewer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 559 births that decade — 52% of Brewer's all-time total
Brewer decade highlights
- Peak decade 559 births
- Runner-up 366 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Brewer's strongest decade
559 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Brewer by state
Where Brewer concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 69 | 6.4% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 37 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 32 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 30 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 21 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 20 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 13 | 1.2% |
69 of 1,080 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brewer appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2024 (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.