How Many People Are Named Gerlene Brown?

There are approximately 1 people named Gerlene Brown living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Gerlene with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Brown. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Gerlene

Last Name

Brown

Est. Bearers 1,589,457

Census Rank #4

Per 100K 463.73

Rarity Very Common

Gerlene: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Gerlene. The peak year was 1946 with 13 births. The average person named Gerlene today is 80 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Gerlene

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Gerlene in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Gerlene rose or fell over time.

White

49.04%

Black

38.22%

Hispanic

2.55%

Asian/Pacific Islander

6.37%

American Indian/Alaska Native

3.82%

Ancestry of the Brown Surname

The surname Brown was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Brown in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

55.43%

Black

34.68%

Hispanic

3.55%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.66%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.85%

Two or More Races

4.83%

How we calculated this

The first name "Gerlene" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Brown" appears at a rate of 463.73 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Gerlene are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Gerlene

Gerlene Garcia Gerlene Smith Gerlene Jones Gerlene Johnson Gerlene Williams

Other people with the surname Brown

Michael Brown James Brown John Brown David Brown Robert Brown William Brown Christopher Brown Joseph Brown

Gerlene Brown: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Gerlene Brown?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Gerlene Brown are alive in the United States today. The first name Gerlene is shared by 86 Americans, and the surname Brown is shared by 1,589,457.

How rare is the name Gerlene Brown?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Gerlene is very rare and the surname Brown is very common.

Is Gerlene a male or female name?

Gerlene is predominantly female, with 0.0% of bearers being male and 100.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1946 and the average bearer today is 80 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Gerlene?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Gerlene was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (49.04%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (38.22%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (6.37%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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