Brewster · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Brewster.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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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 50 recorded years as a table

Brewster, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	14
1914	15
1915	6
1916	6
1917	13
1918	6
1919	8
1920	9
1921	5
1922	12
1923	7
1924	6
1925	12
1926	10
1928	8
1929	7
1931	5
1933	6
1934	7
1936	6
1939	10
1940	4
1941	6
1945	8
1946	4
1947	3
1948	5
1949	5
1954	3
1956	3
1957	2
1958	2
1959	3
1960	2
1961	4
1962	2
1963	3
1967	3
1977	4
1984	3
1985	6
1987	4
1991	2
1995	3
2000	3
2003	4
2006	2
2011	3
2018	3
2020	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Brewster 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 2020: 5
Rank in 2020: #12,022
How rare: 1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1913: 355

Brewster was last recorded in 2020. 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 1914, at 15 per million boys born.

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

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