Girls' name · since 1910
Brunette
138 babies named Brunette in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Brunette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 138 have been recorded since 1910.
Brunette has 138 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1955.
- #23,621 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 138 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brunette ranks #23,621 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 138 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Brunette's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brunette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brunette's full recorded timeline at 1925, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brunette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1955
- Peak year (1917)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Brunette by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (54 births, 39% of the file).
1920s was Brunette's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Brunette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
38 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 54 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Brunette's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 1950s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brunette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1910–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Brunette 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 August 2026.