Girls' name · since 1972
Brandolyn
Brandolyn has 145 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandolyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 145 have been recorded since 1972.
Brandolyn has 145 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1972 to 1991.
- #23,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brandolyn ranks #23,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brandolyn's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brandolyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brandolyn's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brandolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1991
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Brandolyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (69 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Brandolyn's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Brandolyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 69 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Brandolyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brandolyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1972–1991 (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 Brandolyn 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.