Brainard is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Brainard is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1975. Brainard was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1914 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 | — | #5,565 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #4,799 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,007 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,647 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,346 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,050 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,584 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,041 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,576 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,771 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,744 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,279 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #3,925 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #3,867 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,380 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,140 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #3,778 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,056 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,215 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #1,986 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #2,875 |