Brion — #5260 US boys' name
2,798 babies named Brion in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Brion was born in this single decade.
87 babies were named Brion in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brion
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,798 babies named Brion between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brion currently holds the #5260 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 87 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brion performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 612 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Brion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Brion in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brion 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 2,798 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.
Brion at a glance
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Current rank
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Brion popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1957)
- 87
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #5260 among boys.
2,798 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 87 births in a single year.
Brion popularity over time — girls
89 total births recorded since 1989 (Brion as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brion accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 612 births that decade — 22% of Brion's all-time total
Brion decade highlights
- Peak decade 612 births
- Runner-up 522 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Brion's strongest decade
612 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Brion by state
Where Brion concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 118 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 108 | 3.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 106 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 73 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 57 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 49 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 31 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Texas | | 22 | 0.8% |
118 of 2,798 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brion appears in 12 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, 1945–2024 (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.