Brain is an uncommon variant of Brian that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Brain is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Brain was first reported in SSA data in 1950 and peaked in 1982 (189 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,963 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,446 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,778 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,966 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,747 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,912 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,005 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,443 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,311 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,141 |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,954 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,851 |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,293 |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,565 |
| 2001 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,072 |
| 2000 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,084 |
| 1999 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,290 |
| 1998 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,602 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | — | #2,992 |
| 1996 | 30 | — | — | #2,541 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | — | #2,930 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | — | #2,088 |
| 1993 | 45 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1992 | 42 | — | — | #1,921 |
| 1991 | 79 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1990 | 75 | — | — | #1,278 |
| 1989 | 105 | — | — | #997 |
| 1988 | 132 | — | — | #823 |
| 1987 | 140 | — | — | #777 |
| 1986 | 143 | — | — | #756 |
| 1985 | 160 | — | #10,843 | #710 |
| 1984 | 141 | — | — | #733 |
| 1983 | 187 | — | — | #624 |
| 1982 | 189 | — | — | #632 |
| 1981 | 162 | — | — | #679 |
| 1980 | 177 | — | — | #652 |
| 1979 | 160 | — | — | #675 |
| 1978 | 144 | — | — | #698 |
| 1977 | 168 | — | #9,792 | #661 |
| 1976 | 154 | — | — | #661 |
| 1975 | 182 | — | — | #601 |
| 1974 | 176 | — | — | #603 |
| 1973 | 170 | — | — | #608 |
| 1972 | 179 | — | — | #597 |
| 1971 | 162 | — | — | #646 |
| 1970 | 143 | — | — | #692 |
| 1969 | 143 | — | — | #659 |
| 1968 | 118 | — | — | #696 |
| 1967 | 98 | — | — | #744 |
| 1966 | 88 | — | — | #774 |
| 1965 | 60 | — | — | #948 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1963 | 53 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1962 | 43 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1961 | 30 | — | — | #1,468 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | — | #1,695 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | — | #1,772 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #1,960 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | — | #2,814 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #3,939 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,748 |