Brain is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2017. Brain first appears in the data in 1950 and reached its peak in 1982 (189 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #23,453 |
| 2016 | 5 | #26,723 |
| 2013 | 7 | #21,635 |
| 2012 | 6 | #24,431 |
| 2011 | 7 | #21,834 |
| 2010 | 8 | #20,154 |
| 2009 | 7 | #22,428 |
| 2008 | 13 | #14,789 |
| 2007 | 13 | #14,756 |
| 2006 | 13 | #14,359 |
| 2005 | 23 | #9,143 |
| 2004 | 13 | #13,459 |
| 2003 | 28 | #7,619 |
| 2002 | 24 | #8,273 |
| 2001 | 29 | #7,124 |
| 2000 | 28 | #7,203 |
| 1999 | 24 | #7,665 |
| 1998 | 32 | #6,125 |
| 1997 | 25 | #7,044 |
| 1996 | 30 | #6,014 |
| 1995 | 24 | #6,978 |
| 1994 | 39 | #4,977 |
| 1993 | 45 | #4,427 |
| 1992 | 42 | #4,639 |
| 1991 | 79 | #3,007 |
| 1990 | 75 | #3,083 |
| 1989 | 105 | #2,352 |
| 1988 | 132 | #1,943 |
| 1987 | 140 | #1,814 |
| 1986 | 143 | #1,761 |
| 1985 | 160 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 141 | #1,700 |
| 1983 | 187 | #1,416 |
| 1982 | 189 | #1,433 |
| 1981 | 162 | #1,571 |
| 1980 | 177 | #1,494 |
| 1979 | 160 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 144 | #1,629 |
| 1977 | 168 | #1,492 |
| 1976 | 154 | #1,507 |
| 1975 | 182 | #1,352 |
| 1974 | 176 | #1,367 |
| 1973 | 170 | #1,375 |
| 1972 | 179 | #1,344 |
| 1971 | 162 | #1,480 |
| 1970 | 143 | #1,579 |
| 1969 | 143 | #1,502 |
| 1968 | 118 | #1,600 |
| 1967 | 98 | #1,735 |
| 1966 | 88 | #1,862 |
| 1965 | 60 | #2,311 |
| 1964 | 49 | #2,657 |
| 1963 | 53 | #2,513 |
| 1962 | 43 | #2,827 |
| 1961 | 30 | #3,489 |
| 1960 | 23 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 26 | #3,664 |
| 1958 | 20 | #4,205 |
| 1957 | 17 | #4,601 |
| 1956 | 9 | #6,736 |
| 1955 | 5 | #9,700 |
| 1950 | 5 | #9,234 |