Brandyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 91.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 259 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,764since 1968
Brandyn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,494 | 22 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #2,840 | 42 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,317 | 56 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,528 | 48 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,448 | 51 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,145 | 61 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,778 | 83 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2008 | — | #1,639 | 94 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,593 | 98 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,427 | 109 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,485 | 97 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,425 | 99 |
| 2003 | — | #1,173 | 127 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,223 | 112 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,027 | 143 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #973 | 154 |
| 1999 | — | #831 | 182 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #790 | 193 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #828 | 175 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #757 | 195 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #727 | 216 |
| 1994 | — | #681 | 232 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #675 | 231 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #640 | 259 |
| 1991 | — | #703 | 207 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #809 | 158 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #772 | 165 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #767 | 151 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #836 | 124 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #777 | 136 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #882 | 106 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #1,444 | 44 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #1,362 | 48 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brandyn! It came in at #3,365, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Brandyn is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#451 · 1 in 4,691
- Wisconsin#559 · 1 in 5,857
- Washington#567 · 1 in 4,936
- New York#597 · 1 in 5,687
- Maryland#630 · 1 in 5,679
Best ever in a state: #160 in North Dakota, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #451 | 5 | 1 in 4,691 |
| Wisconsin | #559 | 5 | 1 in 5,857 |
| Washington | #567 | 7 | 1 in 4,936 |
| New York | #597 | 20 | 1 in 5,687 |
| Maryland | #630 | 5 | 1 in 5,679 |
| Pennsylvania | #677 | 8 | 1 in 8,257 |
| Florida | #698 | 13 | 1 in 6,680 |
| Ohio | #734 | 7 | 1 in 9,911 |
| Illinois | #793 | 9 | 1 in 8,867 |
| California | #833 | 20 | 1 in 12,090 |
| Michigan | #948 | 5 | 1 in 11,771 |
| Texas | #1,016 | 12 | 1 in 13,721 |
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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 Brandyn
- 1,118 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #7,194)
- 1,743 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #7,194)
- 4,472 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 562 spots in 1985 (#1,444 → #882)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2000 (#831 → #973)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1992 at #640 (259 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1985–2000
- Highest: 1 in 7,712 boys born in 1992 were named Brandyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.0% of all boys named Brandyn (2,048) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1979, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,365 |
| 1970s | 142 | #1,780 (1977) | #3,066 |
| 1980s | 886 | #767 (1988) | #1,175 |
| 1990s | 2,048 | #640 (1992) | #744 |
| 2000s | 1,123 | #973 (2000) | #1,368 |
| 2010s | 468 | #1,778 (2010) | #2,826 |
| 2020s | 90 | #4,494 (2021) | #6,148 |
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.
Brandyn in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 10,550 of them was named Brandyn, which outranked 92.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).