Brin

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Juniper

Brin has been given to 450 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 21 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Brin, 2021

1 in 424,000

Brin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Brin over time

In 2021, Brin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19782021

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Brin: meaning, origin, and history

Juniper

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brin means

Brin means “juniper”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Brin is used in Slovene.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbrín/ for Brin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 413 girls were recorded with the name Brin between 1978 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2003; its best national rank was #5,615 in 2003.

In the United States, 37 boys were recorded with the name Brin between 1980 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1986; its best national rank was #4,898 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Brin?

Brin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 424,000; 8 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 205,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 293,719 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Brin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 293,719 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brin was born before 2004 — so the typical Brin is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 70.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 413; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (137).

Is Brin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (21)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,615; 2003

Spellings of Brin

Brin is not the most common spelling — Erin is, with 33.6% against Brin's 0.04%.

Erin33.6%316,575
Iris10.8%101,550
Briana10.3%97,120
Aria10.2%95,674
Trina3.5%32,568
Brynn3.2%29,816
Karin3.0%28,532
Bria1.8%16,815

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Brin around the world

Where Brin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Canada
1995–1995
#2,277
in 1995

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Brin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,615; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 21 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 413
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,898; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 8 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 37
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Brin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Brier Bri Briya Brinn Briel Briah Brilyn Briany Briza Briyah Brina Rin Brie Briony Brice Briani Brit Brixley Brighid Derin British Brixlee Brixton Brida

Sibling names for Brin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shreya Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Kayli Sydnee

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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