Brain Popularity by Year
Follow Brain across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Brain birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Up 1,410 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 2,530 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Up 1,115 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | Down 1,170 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Down 797 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 8 | #8,803 | Up 1,061 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 7 | #9,864 | Down 3,471 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 13 | #6,393 | Down 131 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Down 168 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 13 | #6,094 | Down 2,153 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 23 | #3,941 | Up 1,872 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 13 | #5,813 | Down 2,533 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 28 | #3,280 | Up 274 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 24 | #3,554 | Down 493 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 29 | #3,061 | Up 14 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 28 | #3,075 | Up 204 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 24 | #3,279 | Down 680 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 32 | #2,599 | Up 382 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 25 | #2,981 | Down 446 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 30 | #2,535 | Up 388 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 24 | #2,923 | Down 841 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 39 | #2,082 | Down 232 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 45 | #1,850 | Up 64 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 42 | #1,914 | Down 660 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 79 | #1,254 | Up 24 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 75 | #1,278 | Down 281 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 105 | #997 | Down 174 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 132 | #823 | Down 46 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 140 | #777 | Down 21 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 143 | #756 | Down 46 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 155 | #710 | Up 23 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 5 | #10,677 | Down 1,025 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 141 | #733 | Down 109 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 187 | #624 | Up 8 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 189 | #632 | Up 47 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 162 | #679 | Down 28 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 177 | #651 | Up 24 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 160 | #675 | Up 22 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 144 | #697 | Down 37 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 163 | #660 | No rank change |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | — |
| 1976 | Boys | 154 | #660 | Down 59 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 182 | #601 | Up 2 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 176 | #603 | Up 5 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 170 | #608 | Down 12 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 179 | #596 | Up 49 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 162 | #645 | Up 47 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 143 | #692 | Down 33 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 143 | #659 | Up 37 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 118 | #696 | Up 46 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 98 | #742 | Up 32 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 88 | #774 | Up 174 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 60 | #948 | Up 134 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 49 | #1,082 | Down 45 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 53 | #1,037 | Up 150 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 43 | #1,187 | Up 280 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 30 | #1,467 | Up 225 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 23 | #1,692 | Down 133 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 26 | #1,559 | Up 207 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 20 | #1,766 | Up 186 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 17 | #1,952 | Up 846 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 9 | #2,798 | Up 1,088 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 5 | #3,886 | Down 205 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 5 | #3,681 | — |