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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 97 recorded years as a table

Brown, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	139
1882	70
1883	115
1885	111
1887	108
1888	66
1889	81
1890	45
1891	89
1892	90
1893	62
1894	69
1895	60
1896	100
1897	53
1898	57
1899	66
1900	60
1901	75
1902	57
1904	47
1905	76
1906	75
1907	102
1908	110
1909	98
1910	67
1911	89
1912	60
1913	33
1914	41
1915	45
1916	51
1917	44
1918	54
1919	39
1920	34
1921	27
1922	46
1923	32
1924	30
1925	29
1926	29
1927	19
1928	19
1929	19
1930	24
1931	14
1932	23
1933	25
1934	22
1935	13
1936	17
1937	23
1938	11
1939	14
1940	24
1941	15
1942	9
1943	13
1944	10
1945	7
1946	6
1947	7
1948	7
1949	9
1950	7
1951	5
1952	4
1953	3
1954	4
1955	5
1956	5
1957	4
1958	3
1959	5
1960	7
1961	3
1962	3
1963	4
1964	3
1965	3
1969	4
1974	3
1975	6
1976	3
1980	4
1982	4
1983	3
1986	4
1990	3
2008	3
2013	3
2021	3
2022	3
2023	5
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Brown isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Brown

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 10
Rank in 2025: #7,679
How rare: 1 in 170,807 boys
Since 1881: 1,477

Most popular in 1881, at 139 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Brown doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.