Brutus

Boys' name

From Latin Brutus; literal meaning unconfirmed

Brutus has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 1900. 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 1923, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Brutus, 2021

1 in 678,000

Brutus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brutus: meaning, origin, and history

From Latin Brutus; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brutus means

Brutus is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Brutus is used in English.

Brutus comes through Latin Brutus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Brutus is pronounced /ˈbɹutəs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 47 boys were recorded with the name Brutus between 1900 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,069 in 1901.

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.

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How common is Brutus?

Brutus 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 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 350,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Brutus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brutus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brutuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brutus was born before 1923 — so the typical Brutus is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 10.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Brutus 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 1923 (6)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,069; 1901

Spellings of Brutus

Brutus is not the most common spelling — Rufus is, with 99.9% against Brutus's 0.13%.

Rufus99.9%36,074
Brutus0.13%47

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.

Brutus by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,069; 1901
Peak year: 1923; 6 that year
First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 47
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Brutus

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

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Sibling names for Brutus

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

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Rosina Kattie

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton

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