Brendon

Where Brendon comes from

The dictionaries list Brendon as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #3,151 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Brendon Urie born
    American singer and musician
  3. 1989
    Brendon Hartley born
    New Zealand racing driver
  4. 1998
    Peak, #318
    868 babies named Brendon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #634.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Brendon Urie · American singer and musician, born 1987
  • Brendon Hartley · New Zealand racing driver, born 1989
  • Brendon Rodney · Canadian athletics competitor and sprinter, born 1992
  • Brendon McCullum · New Zealand cricketer, born 1981
  • Brendon Smith · Australian swimmer, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.