Girls' name · since 1980
Brinn
605 babies named Brinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brinn is the #10326 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 605 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinn has been recorded 605 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #10326 nationally and more common than 40% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 605 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinn ranks #10,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 605 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brinn's 605 recorded births place it above 85.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Brinn compares
605 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brinn's all-time total is 61% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brinn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 605 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brinn's full recorded timeline at 2004, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brinn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Brinn popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1983 (Brinn as boys' name)
Brinn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (206 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Brinn's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Brinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 49
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s
2010s
206 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 206 births (34% of all-time use).
How Brinn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brinn's total volume
Brinn by state
Where Brinn concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.8% |
7 of 605 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Brinn's data
- Brinn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (206 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brinns (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brinn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.