boys:
886 births since 1913
#3702 (19th percentile)
overall:
886 births since 1913
#6853 (11th percentile)
The name Brewer is the #6,853 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 886 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,702 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 886 births since 1913.
Brewer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Brewer is available in 31 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Brewer reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #809) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 58 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Brewer is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #809 (11.2% percentile) with 58 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brewer".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Brewer is pronounced as BRUE-er, which has 2 syllables.
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