Is Brownie a boy or girl name?

Brownie is a unisex name. Of the 1,231 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 59.1% were girls and 40.9% were boys. It changed hands in 1934, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Brownie

Recorded 1892–1962 · United States

Brownie was most popular in 1923, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,913 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,231 people named Brownie.

Brownie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Brownie’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Brownie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Brownie is a unisex name — 59.1% of the 1,231 Americans given it were girls and 40.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 1934 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

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 Brownie

Where Brownie is most concentrated

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

Tennessee 28.8×

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