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Baby name
Brian
Boy
Origin of the name
Brian is an Irish name of uncertain origin, possibly from an old Celtic word. The High King of Ireland Brian Boru bore it in the 11th century.
Classic name
1,173,735births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 8rank at its peak, in 1972
Where babies named Brian are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Brian is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Brian is most common in New Hampshire (1.6 times), Delaware (1.6) and Massachusetts (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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