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Brewer

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,513 in 2015, #804 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,513, 2016: #3,524, 2017: #2,891, 2018: #3,055, 2019: #2,394, 2020: #1,911, 2021: #1,915, 2022: #1,665, 2023: #1,623, 2024: #1,108, 2025: #8041 in 5,510 boys in the US, 2025#804 · rising · was #3,513 in 2015
CommonRare
–Not in the E&W list, 2025Fewer than 3 babies · #804 in the US

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What Brewer means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Brewer yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,513 in 2015, #804 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Brewer?

US 2025
#804
310 babies
▲ 304 vs 2024
England & Wales
–
Not listed
Scotland
–
Not listed

US: Rising: up from #3513 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 310 boys got the name (#804 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

  • About 1 in 5,510 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AL (0.74 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.64 per 1,000 boys), TN (0.63 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

AK
ME
WI
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
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IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
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MO
KY
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VA
MD
DE
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DC
OK
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MS
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GA
HI
TX
FL
FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Brewer is #804 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8043101 in 5,510#3513
England & Wales––––
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.2% of US babies named Brewer were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20259310
England & Wales 202500
US all years since 1880141,390
England & Wales since 199600

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Brewer

Boys

  • Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”
  • Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
  • Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
  • Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
  • Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
  • Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025

For a sister

  • Lucy#24“light”
  • Violet#13From the word “violet”
  • Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
  • Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”
  • Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”
  • Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Brewer’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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