Brin — unisex name
413 babies named Brin in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Brin was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Brin in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brin
The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Brin between 1978 and 2021, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Brin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 37 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brin 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 413 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.
Brin at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1978
- Peak year (2003)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
413 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 21 births in a single year.
Brin popularity over time — boys
37 total births recorded since 1980 (Brin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Brin accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 137 births that decade — 33% of Brin's all-time total
Brin decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brin's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1978–2021 (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.