Brion

Where Brion comes from

Brion hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1945
    Brion James born
    American actor
  2. 1945
    First appearance
    #2,743 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1957
    Peak, #803
    87 babies named Brion — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,193.
  5. 1984
    Brion Rush born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Brion James · American actor, 1945–1999
  • Brion Rush · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Brion Baker · football player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.