Brandan
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to boys 98.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 263 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,680since 1955
Brandan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Brandan has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,943 | 19 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,716 | 44 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,118 | 63 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,348 | 55 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,825 | 80 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,562 | 100 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,638 | 87 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,460 | 100 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,309 | 113 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,253 | 115 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,168 | 121 | |
| 2001 | — | #987 | 155 | |
| 2000 | — | #859 | 185 | |
| 1999 | — | #754 | 212 | |
| 1998 | — | #759 | 210 | |
| 1997 | — | #782 | 189 | |
| 1996 | — | #700 | 227 | |
| 1995 | — | #700 | 228 | |
| 1994 | — | #718 | 213 | |
| 1993 | — | #637 | 263 | |
| 1992 | — | #662 | 248 | |
| 1991 | — | #644 | 251 | |
| 1990 | — | #745 | 186 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #692 | 205 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #727 | 168 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #661 | 190 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #648 | 189 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #665 | 176 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #742 | 137 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #867 | 102 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #920 | 94 |
| 1981 | — | #841 | 109 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #957 | 88 |
| 1979 | — | #1,137 | 62 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,240 | 52 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five boys were named Brandan! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Brandan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Brandan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brandan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,679)
- 2,638 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 180 spots in 1980
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1993 at #637 (263 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1980–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,458
- Highest: 1 in 7,458 boys born in 1993 were named Brandan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 39.2% of all boys named Brandan (2,227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27 | #2,628 (1956) | #3,444 |
| 1960s | 84 | #2,311 (1968) | #2,857 |
| 1970s | 404 | #1,137 (1979) | #1,520 |
| 1980s | 1,458 | #648 (1986) | #772 |
| 1990s | 2,227 | #637 (1993) | #710 |
| 2000s | 1,111 | #859 (2000) | #1,441 |
| 2010s | 315 | #2,118 (2010) | #3,773 |
| 2020s | 54 | #5,041 (2020) | #9,191 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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