How Many People Are Named Browning?
An estimated 68 people in the United States have the first name Browning. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Browning peaked in popularity in 2013 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Browning as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Browning paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Browning is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
68
About 1 in 5,040,505 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2013
11 births
Total Registered
69
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Browning
Browning is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 69 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Browning as a male name
Ranked #9,903 in 2019
7 male births in 2019
Peak: 2013 (11 births)
Browning: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Browning span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 59 babies were registered. Browning remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Browning by Decade
How has Browning tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Browning + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Browning as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Browning
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Browning: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Browning?
We estimate approximately 68 people named Browning are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 5,040,505 Americans share this first name.
Is Browning a common name?
Browning is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 58.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 69 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Browning most popular?
Browning reached peak popularity in 2013, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Browning is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Browning a male name?
Browning is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Browning Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Browning Smith, Browning Johnson, Browning Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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