Boys' name · since 1994

Browning

Browning has 69 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

69
total births
1994–2019
years on record
2010s
peak decade
86%
born in that decade

Browning is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 69 have been recorded since 1994.

Browning has 69 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2019.

  • 69 total births
  • 1994–2019 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 86% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

69 boys have been named Browning since 1994, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.

69
total births
1994–2019
years on record
2010s
peak decade
86%
born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade

86% of everyone ever named Browning was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

11 babies were named Browning in 2013 - its busiest year on record.

Browning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Browning splits its recorded history at 2013: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Browning at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

69

Since 1994

26 years of records

Peak year

2013

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1994

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2019

Browning popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2013)
11
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
4681012 1994200920102011201220132014201520162019 7

Browning by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Browning's strongest decade.

59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.

Browning births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (86% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Browning?
Browning has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 1994, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 11 babies were born in 2013, its single highest year.
When was Browning most popular?
Browning was most popular in the 2010s decade with 59 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Browning been used?
Records for Browning go back to 1994, giving 26 years of history through 2019.
What names are similar to Browning?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brody, Brooks, Brock, Brodie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1994–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Browning: Baby Name Since 1994 - 69 Births, Peak 2013." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/browning. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Browning 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 July 2026.