Brennen
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 378 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,039since 1962
Brennen over time
Rank among boys' names. Brennen has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,416 | 34 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,100 | 39 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,499 | 53 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,347 | 57 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,974 | 74 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,147 | 65 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,746 | 88 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,389 | 126 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,259 | 143 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,201 | 153 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #1,014 | 192 |
| 2012 | — | #757 | 302 | |
| 2011 | — | #740 | 306 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #629 | 387 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #580 | 455 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #650 | 375 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #654 | 366 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #732 | 292 |
| 2005 | — | #659 | 326 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #627 | 337 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #560 | 400 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #583 | 367 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #571 | 362 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #548 | 384 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #574 | 341 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #534 | 378 |
| 1997 | — | #575 | 322 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #656 | 254 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #661 | 250 |
| 1994 | — | #668 | 242 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #770 | 185 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #779 | 180 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #819 | 159 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #898 | 131 |
| 1989 | — | #864 | 135 | |
| 1988 | — | #855 | 123 | |
| 1987 | — | #982 | 93 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,242 | 60 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,415 | 45 |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,943 | 27 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,904 | 26 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brennen! It came in at #3,640, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brennen is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#353 · 1 in 1,796
- Iowa#356 · 1 in 1,831
- Kentucky#357 · 1 in 2,362
- Wisconsin#375 · 1 in 2,258
- Ohio#396 · 1 in 2,685
Best ever in a state: #220 in Idaho, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Iowa | #356 | 9 | 1 in 1,831 |
| Kentucky | #357 | 10 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Wisconsin | #375 | 13 | 1 in 2,258 |
| Ohio | #396 | 24 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Arkansas | #402 | 7 | 1 in 2,173 |
| Michigan | #419 | 19 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Missouri | #424 | 13 | 1 in 2,655 |
| Minnesota | #451 | 10 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Utah | #464 | 9 | 1 in 2,635 |
| Washington | #481 | 13 | 1 in 2,865 |
| Indiana | #500 | 11 | 1 in 3,481 |
| Alabama | #508 | 8 | 1 in 3,138 |
| Pennsylvania | #519 | 16 | 1 in 3,992 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 11 | 1 in 3,429 |
| Kansas | #540 | 5 | 1 in 3,383 |
| Oregon | #543 | 6 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Mississippi | #554 | 5 | 1 in 3,146 |
| South Carolina | #589 | 6 | 1 in 3,834 |
| Oklahoma | #605 | 6 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Florida | #632 | 22 | 1 in 4,569 |
| Georgia | #706 | 12 | 1 in 5,099 |
| Virginia | #752 | 7 | 1 in 6,139 |
| North Carolina | #808 | 8 | 1 in 6,964 |
| Texas | #818 | 24 | 1 in 7,883 |
| Arizona | #905 | 5 | 1 in 8,681 |
| California | #931 | 23 | 1 in 11,051 |
| Illinois | #999 | 8 | 1 in 9,344 |
| New York | #1,303 | 8 | 1 in 13,639 |
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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 Brennen
- 1,252 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #4,857)
- 2,510 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #4,857)
- 3,598 spots since 2015 (#1,259 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1987 (#1,242 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 2013 (#757 → #1,014)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1998 at #534 (378 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1987–2012
- Highest: 1 in 4,360 boys born in 2009 were named Brennen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #534 in 1998, was only 1 in 5,057 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 40.5% of all boys named Brennen (3,664) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42 | #2,907 (1968) | #3,400 |
| 1970s | 166 | #1,904 (1977) | #2,668 |
| 1980s | 655 | #855 (1988) | #1,351 |
| 1990s | 2,442 | #534 (1998) | #693 |
| 2000s | 3,664 | #548 (2000) | #616 |
| 2010s | 1,836 | #629 (2010) | #1,286 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,347 (2020) | #3,304 |
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.
Brennen in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 236,367 of them was named Brennen, which outranked 38.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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- #11,599Zynasia9
- #11,599Zyrah9
- #12,579Brennen8
- #12,579Aailyah8
- #12,579Aalana8
- #12,579Aaliyana8
- #13,832Aahna7
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Tied with 1,252 names at #12,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 5,440 of them was named Brennen, which outranked 95.6% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.