Brandan — #12545 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brandan

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,670 babies named Brandan between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brandan currently holds the #12545 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 263 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Brandan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 510 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brandan in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brandan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,670 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.