Browning — boys' name
69 babies named Browning in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
86% of everyone ever named Browning was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Browning in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Browning
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Browning between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Browning currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Browning performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Browning shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Browning 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 69 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.
Browning at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Browning popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
69 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 11 births in a single year.
Browning by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 59 births that decade — 86% of Browning's all-time total
Browning decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Browning's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% 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, 1994–2019 (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.