Brandin
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 95.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 125 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,752since 1972
Brandin over time
Rank among boys' names. Brandin has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,045 | 38 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,257 | 58 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,285 | 55 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,934 | 63 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,781 | 67 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,744 | 66 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,725 | 65 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,383 | 85 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,398 | 82 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,224 | 96 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,303 | 84 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,380 | 73 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,153 | 97 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,071 | 108 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,037 | 111 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,025 | 111 |
| 1990 | — | #1,037 | 104 | |
| 1989 | — | #940 | 117 | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #850 | 125 |
| 1987 | — | #968 | 95 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #892 | 104 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #917 | 98 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #938 | 88 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #1,022 | 75 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,210 | 59 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #1,207 | 57 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,410 | 45 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brandin! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brandin is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#426 · 1 in 6,639
- Indiana#431 · 1 in 6,159
- Ohio#619 · 1 in 12,582
- Pennsylvania#693 · 1 in 15,443
- California#772 · 1 in 13,429
Best ever in a state: #310 in Colorado, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #426 | 5 | 1 in 6,639 |
| Indiana | #431 | 6 | 1 in 6,159 |
| Ohio | #619 | 6 | 1 in 12,582 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 5 | 1 in 15,443 |
| California | #772 | 17 | 1 in 13,429 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 15,284 |
| New York | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 24,439 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 5 | 1 in 29,265 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Brandin
- 5,712 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #12,008)
- 6,501 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1988 (#968 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1990 (#940 → #1,037)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1988 at #850 (125 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1984–1989
- Highest: 1 in 15,314 boys born in 1988 were named Brandin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.6% of all boys named Brandin (951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 137 | #1,943 (1979) | #2,729 |
| 1980s | 863 | #850 (1988) | #1,035 |
| 1990s | 951 | #1,025 (1991) | #1,201 |
| 2000s | 554 | #1,725 (2000) | #2,271 |
| 2010s | 210 | #2,682 (2010) | #5,086 |
| 2020s | 37 | #6,296 (2020) | #9,940 |
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.
Brandin in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 285,925 of them was named Brandin, which outranked 25.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,523Zona7
- #8,523Zsazsa7
- #8,523Zulay7
- #9,545Brandin6
- #9,545Aasiya6
- #9,545Abrianna6
- #9,545Adaeze6
- #10,912Aamanda5
- #10,912Abegail5
- #10,912Abel5
Tied with 1,366 names at #9,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 17,707 of them was named Brandin, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).