Brunell — unisex name
27 babies named Brunell in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Brunell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Brunell in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brunell
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Brunell between 1920 and 1931, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brunell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Brunell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1951.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brunell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brunell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brunell 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 27 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.
Brunell at a glance
Last recorded 1931Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brunell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1920
- Peak year (1922)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1931.
27 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 9 births in a single year.
Brunell popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1951 (Brunell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Brunell accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brunell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 20 births that decade — 74% of Brunell's all-time total
Brunell decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Brunell's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% 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, 1920–1931 (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.