Brendan
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #12,579 · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 3,995 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 91,816since 1912
Brendan 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 | — | #1,097 | 195 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,009 | 222 | |
| 2023 | — | #887 | 262 | |
| 2022 | — | #881 | 269 | |
| 2021 | — | #765 | 327 | |
| 2020 | — | #722 | 344 | |
| 2019 | — | #637 | 422 | |
| 2018 | — | #561 | 490 | |
| 2017 | — | #517 | 560 | |
| 2016 | — | #450 | 688 | |
| 2015 | — | #387 | 826 | |
| 2014 | — | #352 | 922 | |
| 2013 | — | #326 | 1,009 | |
| 2012 | — | #301 | 1,149 | |
| 2011 | — | #263 | 1,315 | |
| 2010 | — | #231 | 1,527 | |
| 2009 | — | #212 | 1,762 | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #207 | 1,887 |
| 2007 | — | #205 | 1,927 | |
| 2006 | — | #185 | 2,171 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #176 | 2,360 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #150 | 2,719 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #141 | 2,867 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #124 | 3,141 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #115 | 3,345 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #101 | 3,657 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #96 | 3,995 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #99 | 3,879 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #107 | 3,621 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #131 | 2,817 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #133 | 2,692 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #129 | 2,731 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #145 | 2,302 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #145 | 2,299 |
| 1991 | — | #147 | 2,189 | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #155 | 1,996 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #145 | 2,146 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #153 | 1,796 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #156 | 1,808 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #185 | 1,401 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #185 | 1,382 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #188 | 1,332 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #191 | 1,276 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #206 | 1,198 |
| 1981 | — | #215 | 1,157 | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #219 | 1,102 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #230 | 991 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #233 | 895 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #258 | 768 |
| 1976 | — | #244 | 825 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #292 | 654 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #292 | 631 |
| 1973 | — | #319 | 552 | |
| 1972 | — | #343 | 503 | |
| 1971 | — | #336 | 543 | |
| 1970 | — | #335 | 568 | |
| 1969 | — | #364 | 470 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #349 | 496 |
| 1967 | — | #356 | 444 | |
| 1966 | — | #339 | 489 | |
| 1965 | — | #439 | 307 | |
| 1964 | — | #466 | 288 | |
| 1963 | — | #513 | 245 | |
| 1962 | — | #510 | 240 | |
| 1961 | — | #513 | 241 | |
| 1960 | — | #538 | 217 | |
| 1959 | — | #586 | 178 | |
| 1958 | — | #685 | 123 | |
| 1957 | — | #639 | 144 | |
| 1956 | — | #692 | 114 | |
| 1955 | — | #736 | 98 | |
| 1954 | — | #892 | 68 | |
| 1953 | — | #813 | 78 | |
| 1952 | — | #863 | 66 | |
| 1951 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1950 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #972 | 51 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,159 | 39 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #927 | 48 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #897 | 55 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,119 | 37 | |
| 1941 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,125 | 33 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,074 | 36 | |
| 1936 | — | #989 | 40 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,150 | 33 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,143 | 15 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brendan! It came in at #1,746, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Brendan is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#46 · 1 in 200
- Connecticut#57 · 1 in 297
- Vermont#66 · 1 in 236
- Rhode Island#70 · 1 in 346
- District of Columbia#83 · 1 in 401
Best ever in a state: #26 in Michigan, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #46 | 204 | 1 in 200 |
| Connecticut | #57 | 72 | 1 in 297 |
| Vermont | #66 | 14 | 1 in 236 |
| Rhode Island | #70 | 18 | 1 in 346 |
| District of Columbia | #83 | 20 | 1 in 401 |
| New Hampshire | #83 | 16 | 1 in 474 |
| Maryland | #88 | 55 | 1 in 529 |
| New Jersey | #91 | 85 | 1 in 587 |
| New York | #95 | 216 | 1 in 582 |
| Pennsylvania | #98 | 119 | 1 in 652 |
| Nevada | #115 | 10 | 1 in 679 |
| Illinois | #120 | 105 | 1 in 778 |
| Minnesota | #128 | 34 | 1 in 897 |
| Oregon | #133 | 22 | 1 in 806 |
| Virginia | #135 | 44 | 1 in 896 |
| Washington | #135 | 36 | 1 in 881 |
| Ohio | #136 | 77 | 1 in 991 |
| Iowa | #144 | 17 | 1 in 1,042 |
| Colorado | #146 | 27 | 1 in 910 |
| Maine | #148 | 6 | 1 in 1,191 |
| South Dakota | #150 | 5 | 1 in 948 |
| Missouri | #154 | 30 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Montana | #156 | 6 | 1 in 821 |
| Wisconsin | #164 | 23 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Alaska | #167 | 5 | 1 in 889 |
| Utah | #174 | 14 | 1 in 1,132 |
| Indiana | #181 | 24 | 1 in 1,539 |
| West Virginia | #192 | 6 | 1 in 1,762 |
| Arizona | #193 | 25 | 1 in 1,135 |
| Idaho | #201 | 5 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Michigan | #203 | 41 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Florida | #205 | 59 | 1 in 1,348 |
| California | #213 | 189 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Nebraska | #219 | 5 | 1 in 2,136 |
| Oklahoma | #229 | 12 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Kansas | #232 | 9 | 1 in 1,838 |
| North Carolina | #273 | 19 | 1 in 2,185 |
| New Mexico | #276 | 7 | 1 in 1,627 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| South Carolina | #289 | 10 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Georgia | #321 | 16 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Texas | #337 | 55 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Arkansas | #338 | 5 | 1 in 2,991 |
| Tennessee | #343 | 9 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Alabama | #422 | 6 | 1 in 4,220 |
| Louisiana | #431 | 9 | 1 in 3,574 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Brendan
- 88 spots since 2024 (#1,009 → #1,097)
- 375 spots since 2020 (#722 → #1,097)
- 710 spots since 2015 (#387 → #1,097)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1943 (#1,119 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1947 (#952 → #1,159)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1999 at #96 (3,995 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1998–1999
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1948–2023
- Highest: 1 in 481 boys born in 1999 were named Brendan (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 31.1% of all boys named Brendan (28,521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 85 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,273 |
| 1920s | 165 | #1,696 (1923) | #2,046 |
| 1930s | 289 | #989 (1936) | #1,328 |
| 1940s | 444 | #897 (1943) | #1,020 |
| 1950s | 984 | #586 (1959) | #773 |
| 1960s | 3,437 | #339 (1966) | #439 |
| 1970s | 6,930 | #230 (1979) | #288 |
| 1980s | 14,598 | #145 (1989) | #184 |
| 1990s | 28,521 | #96 (1999) | #129 |
| 2000s | 25,836 | #101 (2000) | #162 |
| 2010s | 8,908 | #231 (2010) | #403 |
| 2020s | 1,619 | #722 (2020) | #894 |
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.
Brendan in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 102,272 of them was named Brendan, which outranked 64.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,474Vienna18
- #4,474Vivien18
- #4,474Yehudis18
- #4,660Brendan17
- #4,660Adara17
- #4,660Alannah17
- #4,660Alejandro17
- #4,857Abena16
- #4,857Adrain16
- #4,857Adrielle16
Tied with 196 names at #4,660; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,033 of them was named Brendan, which outranked 98.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.