Brunson — #11001 US boys' name
32 babies named Brunson in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Brunson was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Brunson in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brunson
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Brunson between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brunson currently holds the #11001 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brunson performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brunson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brunson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brunson 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 32 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.
Brunson at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brunson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1946)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #11001 among boys.
32 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 6 births in a single year.
Brunson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 11 births that decade — 34% of Brunson's all-time total
Brunson decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Brunson's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Brunson by state
Where Brunson concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 15.6% |
5 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 15.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 15.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–2024 (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.