Is Brown a boy or girl name?

Brown is a boy’s name. Of the 1,482 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.3% were girls and 99.7% were boys.

Brown

Recorded 1881–2025 · United States

Brown was most popular in 1918, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,805 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,482 people named Brown.

Brown over time

Births per year. The dot marks Brown’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Brown a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Brown is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 1,482 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Brown

Where Brown is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Tennessee 15.0×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org