Brandom — #10140 US boys' name
301 babies named Brandom in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Brandom was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Brandom in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brandom
The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Brandom between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brandom currently holds the #10140 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandom performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brandom shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Brandom in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brandom 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 301 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.
Brandom at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brandom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #10140 among boys.
301 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 19 births in a single year.
Brandom by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 156 births that decade — 52% of Brandom's all-time total
Brandom decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brandom's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Brandom by state
Where Brandom concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 3.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
10 of 301 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2024 (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.