girl's name

Brin

  • Origin Slovene
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 463

Ireland

#662

as Brín, 2019

Brin is a girl's name with 1 syllable. In 2021 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Brin is a name of Slovene origin.
  • Peaked in 2003, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Brin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

137
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Brin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 6
1980s 77
1990s 104
2000s 137
2010s 113
2020s (to 2021) 13

How popular is Brin?

In 2021, Brin was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Brin is used

Ireland as Brín #662 4 in 2019
Canada #2,463 6 in 1995
England & Wales #3,873 3 in 2002
United States #11,768 8 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Brin is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Brín Brín is Brin written with a fada, used in Ireland, where it ranks #662. 4

Names that peaked alongside Brin

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Brin also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Brin

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Brin

How popular is the name Brin?

In 2021, Brin was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Brin a girl's or a boy's name?

Brin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Brin?

Brin has 1 syllable.

When was Brin most popular?

Brin peaked in 2003, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.