Boys' name · since 1917
Brunson
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Brunson, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1917
- 2020s
- peak decade
Brunson currently ranks #8313 among boys' names in America, with 41 babies recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Brunson recorded 41 times among boys since 1917, holding rank #8313 nationally today, ahead of 40% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #23,490 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,313 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 41 born since 1917
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brunson ranks #23,490 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,313 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 41 born since 1917, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 1917
- 2020s
- peak decade
Brunson's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
How Brunson compares
41 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brunson's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brunson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brunson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brunson splits its recorded history at 1973: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brunson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Brunson by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Brunson's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Brunson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (37% 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 | 12.2% |
5 of 41 births nationwide.
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- South Carolina records the most Brunsons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brunson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Brunson 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.