Boy
Brian
The name Brian carries the meaning "Noble", with roots in Celtic. It has not kept pace since its 1970s peak. In the current registry, it is about as mainstream as a name gets. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
CelticNoble
CelticStrong, virtuous
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
116
1920s
566
1930s
3,176
1940s
22,836
1950s
112,493
1960s
258,983
1970s
324,423
1980s
235,364
1990s
119,636
2000s
69,941
2010s
20,964
Peaked in the 1970s · 1,168,503 total U.S. births since 1900