Brandan

Where Brandan comes from

Brandan hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #3,886 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Brandan Wright born
    American basketball player
  3. 1993
    Peak, #637
    263 babies named Brandan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,168.
  5. 2004
    Brandan Craig born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Brandan Wright · American basketball player, born 1987
  • Brandan Craig · American soccer player, born 2004
  • Brandan Greczkowski · Olympic judoka, born 1977
  • Brandan Stith · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Brandan Meibom · German botanist, 1678–1740

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.