Brain vs Brandon

Side-by-side comparison of Brain and Brandon — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Brain

Boy name

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Name B

Brandon

Boy name · Rank #230

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Metric Brain Brandon
Current Rank Unranked #230
Total Births (all years) 4,596 769,149
Peak Year 1982 1992
Peak Year Births 189 29,627
Peak Decade 1970ss 1990ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1950 1914

Births by Decade

Decade Brain Brandon
1910ss — 74
1920ss — 125
1930ss — 86
1940ss — 192
1950ss 82 1,176
1960ss 705 4,277
1970ss 1,633 65,050
1980ss 1,531 232,206
1990ss 415 259,415
2000ss 191 142,995
2010ss 39 54,116
2020ss — 9,437

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Brain Brandon
2014 — 5,856
2015 — 5,126
2016 5 4,101
2017 6 3,497
2018 — 3,210
2019 — 2,685
2020 — 2,312
2021 — 2,134
2022 — 1,774
2023 — 1,664
2024 — 1,553

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1950–2017.

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