Brewster — boys' name
355 babies named Brewster in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Brewster was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Brewster in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brewster
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Brewster between 1913 and 2020, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brewster currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brewster performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Brewster shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brewster 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 355 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.
Brewster at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brewster popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1913
- Peak year (1922)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
355 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 13 births in a single year.
Brewster by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 83 births that decade — 23% of Brewster's all-time total
Brewster decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Brewster's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1913–2020 (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.