Boy
Brain
Brain means "Variant spelling of Brian", according to etymological references. It has not kept pace since its 1970s peak. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 7 of them.
EtymologyVariant spelling of Brian
EtymologyMeaning "noble, strong"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
83
1960s
705
1970s
1,638
1980s
1,536
1990s
415
2000s
191
2010s
39
Peaked in the 1970s · 4,607 total U.S. births since 1900