Brinson — #8371 US boys' name
366 babies named Brinson in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Brinson was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Brinson in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brinson
The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Brinson between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brinson currently holds the #8371 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brinson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Brinson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brinson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brinson 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 366 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.
Brinson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brinson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #8371 among boys.
366 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 15 births in a single year.
Brinson popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2002 (Brinson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brinson accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brinson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 83 births that decade — 23% of Brinson's all-time total
Brinson decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brinson's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Brinson by state
Where Brinson concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 23 | 6.3% |
23 of 366 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1919–2024 (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.