Brian has been given to about 1,178,298 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1972, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Brian ranks 339th among American boys in 2025, with 979 born that year. Its best year was 1972, when 36,477 babies were given the name, ranking 8th. The typical living American called Brian is about 50 years old today. It is relatively most common in Delaware, where it accounts for 0.12% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.