Brosnan — boys' name
20 babies named Brosnan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Brosnan was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Brosnan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brosnan
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Brosnan between 1996 and 2006, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brosnan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brosnan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brosnan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brosnan 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 20 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.
Brosnan at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brosnan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
20 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 5 births in a single year.
Brosnan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 15 births that decade — 75% of Brosnan's all-time total
Brosnan decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brosnan's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% 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, 1996–2006 (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.