Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brevard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,190 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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