Brace

Boy · recorded 1912–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121939196619922019

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 19 recorded years as a table
Brace, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
19148
19473
19533
19543
19583
19613
19653
19663
19893
20053
20062
20125
20134
20145
20153
20163
20175
20194

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Brace isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
7
Rank in 2019
#9,756
How rare
1 in 256,316 boys
Since 1912
121

Brace was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Brace doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.