Brenan
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 833since 1972
Brenan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Brenan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #3,511 | 30 |
| 2006 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #2,988 | 30 |
| 2000 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
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| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Brenan! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1976, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brenan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Brenan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1996 at #2,254 (36 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,228
- Highest: 1 in 47,228 boys born in 2009 were named Brenan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,254 in 1996, was only 1 in 52,619 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 35.5% of all boys named Brenan (296) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38 | #4,068 (1979) | #4,867 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,942 (1987) | #3,895 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,254 (1996) | #2,889 |
| 2000s | 296 | #2,525 (2000) | #3,402 |
| 2010s | 133 | #3,235 (2011) | #7,271 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,868 |
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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