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.
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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 30,425 of them was named Brandon, which outranked 81.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,724Shanell51
- #1,724Stephannie51
- #1,724Tari51
- #1,749Brandon50
- #1,749Corine50
- #1,749Elida50
- #1,749Elke50
- #1,771Ariana49
- #1,771Bernadine49
- #1,771Chad49
Tied with 21 names at #1,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 351 of them was named Brandon, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.