Brandell — boys' name
91 babies named Brandell in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Brandell was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Brandell in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brandell
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Brandell between 1973 and 2015, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brandell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Brandell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1976.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brandell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brandell 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 91 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.
Brandell at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brandell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1973
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
91 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 10 births in a single year.
Brandell popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1976 (Brandell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brandell accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brandell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40 births that decade — 44% of Brandell's all-time total
Brandell decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brandell's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.