Brick
Meaning "firm, hard, or strong" from the material it represents.
Name Census estimates that about 430 living Americans carry the first name Brick. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Brick today is around 28 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Brick births was 2011 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Brick. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
430
~ 1 in 797,103 Americans
Peak year
2011
24 babies that year
Average age
28
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,082
Tracked since 1951
Popularity
Brick: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Brick from the 1950s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 140 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Brick by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Brick during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Bricks live
Origin
Meaning and history of Brick
The name Brick does not have a clear origin or historical lineage. It is an unusual and uncommon name that does not appear to derive from any particular language or culture. There are no known ancient texts, religious scriptures, or historical records that reference the name Brick as a given name.
The earliest recorded instances of the name Brick being used as a first name are relatively modern and rare. One of the earliest known examples is Brick Muller, an American professional baseball player who was born in 1889 and played in the early 20th century. Another early bearer of the name was Brick Fowler, an American college basketball player and coach who was born in 1898.
A few other notable individuals with the first name Brick include Brick Haley, an American professional baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, and Brick Smith, an American football player who played in the National Football League in the 1940s and 1950s. Brick Pollitt, born in 1927, was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri in the 1970s and 1980s.
While the name Brick has been used sporadically throughout the 20th century, it remains an extremely uncommon and unusual choice for a given name. It does not have a clear linguistic or cultural origin, and its historical usage is limited to a handful of individuals, primarily in the United States.
People
Brick + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Brick as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with B
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Brick: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Brick?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 430 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Brick going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 797,103 US residents.
Is Brick a common name?
We classify Brick as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 452 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Brick most popular?
The single biggest year for Brick was 2011, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Brick is about 28 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Brick a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Brick in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.