Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Brian (masculine) | Brian (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | #278 | 0.066 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #174 | 0.120 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #62 | 0.328 | - | - | ||
| 1990 | #36 | 0.580 | - | - | ||
| 1980 | #16 | 1.216 | #1093 | 0.007 | ||
| 1970 | #8 | 1.887 | #868 | 0.010 | ||
| 1960 | #16 | 1.316 | #1268 | 0.004 | ||
| 1950 | #34 | 0.547 | - | - | ||
| 1940 | #112 | 0.150 | - | - | ||
| 1930 | #306 | 0.029 | - | - | ||
| 1920 | #913 | 0.005 | - | - | ||
| 1910 | #1897 | 0.002 | - | - | ||
| 1900 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1890 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1880 | - | - | - | - | ||
 |
|
|||||