Brandon
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #261 for boys in 2025, 1,326 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 29,628 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 770,509since 1914
Brandon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #261 | 1,326 | |
| 2024 | — | #230 | 1,562 | |
| 2023 | — | #219 | 1,665 | |
| 2022 | — | #210 | 1,777 | |
| 2021 | — | #181 | 2,135 | |
| 2020 | — | #165 | 2,312 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #141 | 2,686 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #124 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #114 | 3,497 |
| 2016 | — | #99 | 4,101 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #83 | 5,128 |
| 2014 | — | #71 | 5,856 | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #70 | 6,235 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #56 | 7,041 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #47 | 7,821 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #44 | 8,549 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #38 | 9,848 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #33 | 11,482 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #31 | 12,148 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #27 | 12,686 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #27 | 12,947 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | #22 | 14,135 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #21 | 15,245 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #20 | 16,282 |
| 2001 | #3,368 | 40 | #18 | 17,893 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | #12 | 20,337 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | #11 | 21,601 |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | #7 | 23,832 |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | #8 | 25,197 |
| 1996 | #1,806 | 81 | #8 | 25,847 |
| 1995 | #1,702 | 86 | #8 | 26,904 |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 94 | #6 | 29,492 |
| 1993 | #1,538 | 101 | #6 | 28,735 |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 | #6 | 29,628 |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 | #15 | 26,021 |
| 1990 | #1,716 | 85 | #19 | 22,163 |
| 1989 | #1,199 | 135 | #18 | 23,310 |
| 1988 | #990 | 166 | #17 | 23,744 |
| 1987 | #805 | 217 | #14 | 24,823 |
| 1986 | #683 | 269 | #13 | 27,254 |
| 1985 | #662 | 273 | #13 | 29,304 |
| 1984 | #705 | 235 | #15 | 25,673 |
| 1983 | #686 | 247 | #17 | 23,519 |
| 1982 | #801 | 201 | #18 | 20,212 |
| 1981 | #752 | 220 | #19 | 20,206 |
| 1980 | #1,049 | 136 | #31 | 14,161 |
| 1979 | #1,080 | 127 | #35 | 11,302 |
| 1978 | #1,241 | 100 | #40 | 9,241 |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 | #41 | 8,272 |
| 1976 | #1,167 | 98 | #40 | 7,786 |
| 1975 | #1,192 | 97 | #44 | 7,090 |
| 1974 | #1,315 | 81 | #51 | 5,859 |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 | #58 | 5,065 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 | #63 | 4,625 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #95 | 3,263 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #131 | 2,544 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #216 | 1,107 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #263 | 759 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #342 | 483 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #379 | 397 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #394 | 395 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #455 | 303 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #498 | 259 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #566 | 194 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #562 | 194 |
| 1960 | — | #575 | 185 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #572 | 186 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #665 | 132 |
| 1957 | — | #665 | 130 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #587 | 168 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #715 | 104 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #580 | 162 |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #805 | 76 | |
| 1951 | — | #992 | 50 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,085 | 42 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,316 | 31 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,630 | 18 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brandon! It came in at #1,975, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1939, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Brandon is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#4 · 1 in 48
- Louisiana#4 · 1 in 50
- Florida#4 · 1 in 54
- Hawaii#5 · 1 in 53
- West Virginia#6 · 1 in 41
Best ever in a state: #2 in West Virginia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #4 | 1,629 | 1 in 54 |
| Louisiana | #4 | 609 | 1 in 50 |
| Nevada | #4 | 188 | 1 in 48 |
| Hawaii | #5 | 128 | 1 in 53 |
| Alabama | #6 | 559 | 1 in 47 |
| Georgia | #6 | 1,044 | 1 in 47 |
| Nebraska | #6 | 204 | 1 in 51 |
| Ohio | #6 | 1,604 | 1 in 48 |
| South Carolina | #6 | 542 | 1 in 42 |
| West Virginia | #6 | 252 | 1 in 41 |
| Delaware | #7 | 102 | 1 in 43 |
| Kansas | #7 | 324 | 1 in 49 |
| Kentucky | #7 | 536 | 1 in 45 |
| Maryland | #7 | 612 | 1 in 52 |
| Michigan | #7 | 1,273 | 1 in 52 |
| Mississippi | #7 | 305 | 1 in 54 |
| North Carolina | #7 | 968 | 1 in 48 |
| North Dakota | #7 | 88 | 1 in 47 |
| Virginia | #7 | 820 | 1 in 51 |
| Oklahoma | #8 | 371 | 1 in 55 |
| Tennessee | #8 | 696 | 1 in 51 |
| Wisconsin | #8 | 612 | 1 in 52 |
| Indiana | #9 | 736 | 1 in 53 |
| Oregon | #9 | 362 | 1 in 54 |
| Washington | #9 | 591 | 1 in 61 |
| Arizona | #10 | 456 | 1 in 68 |
| Colorado | #10 | 384 | 1 in 64 |
| Illinois | #10 | 1,288 | 1 in 67 |
| Iowa | #10 | 323 | 1 in 54 |
| New Mexico | #10 | 165 | 1 in 70 |
| Arkansas | #11 | 266 | 1 in 54 |
| Idaho | #11 | 110 | 1 in 65 |
| Missouri | #12 | 604 | 1 in 60 |
| Pennsylvania | #12 | 1,401 | 1 in 56 |
| South Dakota | #12 | 82 | 1 in 55 |
| District of Columbia | #13 | 102 | 1 in 73 |
| Minnesota | #13 | 523 | 1 in 58 |
| California | #14 | 3,144 | 1 in 90 |
| Texas | #14 | 1,774 | 1 in 86 |
| Maine | #15 | 124 | 1 in 56 |
| Wyoming | #16 | 35 | 1 in 65 |
| Montana | #17 | 57 | 1 in 77 |
| New York | #17 | 1,737 | 1 in 76 |
| Rhode Island | #17 | 110 | 1 in 58 |
| New Hampshire | #18 | 108 | 1 in 63 |
| Utah | #18 | 197 | 1 in 85 |
| Alaska | #21 | 64 | 1 in 67 |
| New Jersey | #21 | 677 | 1 in 78 |
| Connecticut | #23 | 282 | 1 in 74 |
| Massachusetts | #30 | 429 | 1 in 95 |
| Vermont | #32 | 31 | 1 in 97 |
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 Brandon
- 31 spots since 2024 (#230 → #261)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#165 → #261)
- 178 spots since 2015 (#83 → #261)
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1952 (#992 → #805)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 1955 (#580 → #715)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1992 at #6 (29,628 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1992–1998
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1971–2016
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1950–2025
- Highest: 1 in 63 boys born in 1985 were named Brandon (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,288 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- Its best rank, #6 in 1992, was only 1 in 67 (1.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.7% of all boys named Brandon (259,420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 74 | #1,849 (1916) | #2,221 |
| 1920s | 125 | #1,911 (1926) | #2,453 |
| 1930s | 86 | #2,062 (1936) | #2,541 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,085 (1949) | #1,883 |
| 1950s | 1,175 | #572 (1959) | #718 |
| 1960s | 4,276 | #216 (1969) | #425 |
| 1970s | 65,047 | #35 (1979) | #60 |
| 1980s | 232,206 | #13 (1985) | #18 |
| 1990s | 259,420 | #6 (1992) | #9 |
| 2000s | 143,003 | #12 (2000) | #25 |
| 2010s | 54,128 | #44 (2010) | #85 |
| 2020s | 10,777 | #165 (2020) | #211 |
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.
Brandon in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 19,208 of them was named Brandon, which outranked 89.8% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,588Sheree97
- #1,588Starr97
- #1,588Venessa97
- #1,600Brandon96
- #1,600Anya96
- #1,600Blaire96
- #1,600Camila96
- #1,614Daniele95
- #1,614Imelda95
- #1,614Jose95
Tied with 13 names at #1,600; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 67 of them was named Brandon, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.