A solid block of baked clay; a reliable person.
Derived from the English word for the building material, it symbolizes strength, stability, and reliability. In a metaphorical sense, it refers to a 'good brick,' a term used for a dependable and helpful person. It gained some usage as a name through 20th-century literature and pop culture.
Less common today
Brick isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,130 in 2011.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The protagonist and former athlete in Tennessee Williams' play · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The eccentric and dim-witted meteorologist · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The youngest, book-loving son of the Heck family · The Middle
