Brandel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Brandel

The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Brandel between 1982 and 2011, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brandel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Brandel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 18 additional births since 1981.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brandel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brandel 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 52 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.