Girls' name · since 1979
Brandlyn
41 babies named Brandlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandlyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Brandlyn recorded 41 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1984.
- #37,178 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brandlyn ranks #37,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #37,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandlyn's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brandlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brandlyn's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brandlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1984
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Brandlyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (35 births, 85% of the file).
1980s was Brandlyn's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Brandlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 35 births (85% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brandlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 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, 1979–1984 (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 Brandlyn 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.