Brown
About Brown
Most color names, like Scarlet and Violet, are definitely female, but not this one. Brown is as rich and warm as the tone it denotes, though we must admit the Italian version Bruno has more spark and substance.
Pronounced BROWN.
As of October 2026, Brown ranked #7764 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #465 in 1881.
Editor's take: The name Brown is a boy's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Brown on lists
Famous Browns
- James Joseph Brown
Jr., American soul singer
- (James) Gordon Brown
British prime minister
- Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown
Jr., American politician, governor of California
- Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown
American R&B singer
- Clarence "Clancy' Brown
American actor
- Herbert C. Brown
winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Michael Stuart Brown
American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
- Rahem Brown aka Tame One
American rapper
- Anerae Veshaughn Brown aka X
Raided, American rapper
Brown in pop culture
- Amber Brown
book series and title character
- Brown Cessario
character from movie "Camp Rock"
- Brown University
school in Rhode Island, USA
- Charlie Brown
character from comic strip "Peanuts"