Boys' name · since 1973
Brandal
Brandal has 20 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Brandal since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brandal has 20 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1990.
- #28,943 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brandal ranks #28,943 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,943 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Brandal's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brandal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brandal splits its recorded history at 1979: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births).
Brandal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1990
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Brandal by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 75% of the file).
1970s was Brandal's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Brandal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brandal's data
- Brandal's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brandal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brandal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.