Brien — #11043 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brien

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,581 babies named Brien between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brien currently holds the #11043 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brien performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 847 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Brien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 312 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brien in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brien 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 3,581 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.