Boys' name · since 1973
Brandley
Brandley has 67 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandley is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 67 have been recorded since 1973.
Brandley has 67 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 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2004.
- #20,087 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 67 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brandley ranks #20,087 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,087 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandley's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brandley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brandley's full recorded timeline at 1988, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brandley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2004
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Brandley by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (36 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Brandley's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Brandley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Brandley's decade-level peak was the 1980s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brandley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1973–2004 (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 Brandley 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.