Brice — #2438 US boys' name
15,697 babies named Brice in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Brice was born in this single decade.
398 babies were named Brice in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brice
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,697 babies named Brice between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brice currently holds the #2438 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 398 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Brice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,284 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brice in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brice 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 15,697 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.
Brice at a glance
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Current rank
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Brice popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (1989)
- 398
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #2438 among boys.
15,697 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 398 births in a single year.
Brice popularity over time — girls
379 total births recorded since 1973 (Brice as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brice accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,356 births that decade — 21% of Brice's all-time total
Brice decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,356 births
- Runner-up 3,324 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brice's strongest decade
3,356 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Brice by state
Where Brice concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,284 | 8.2% |
| #2 | California | | 1,035 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 897 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 566 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 528 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 493 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 472 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 433 | 2.8% |
1,284 of 15,697 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brice appears in 40 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, 1882–2024 (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.