Boys' name · since 2008
Brander
Brander has 15 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,221 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,028 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 babies have been named Brander since 2008, making it today's #13028 boys' name.
Brander has 15 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13028 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #31,221 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,028 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brander ranks #31,221 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,028 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 15 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,221 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,028 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Brander's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brander compares
15 6th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brander's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brander | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brander's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded.
Brander popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Brander by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Brander's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Brander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Brander 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.