Brandt — #3276 US boys' name
6,089 babies named Brandt in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Brandt was born in this single decade.
141 babies were named Brandt in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brandt
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,089 babies named Brandt between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brandt currently holds the #3276 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 141 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brandt performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Brandt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 458 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brandt in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brandt 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 6,089 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.
Brandt at a glance
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Current rank
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Brandt popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2007)
- 141
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #3276 among boys.
6,089 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 141 births in a single year.
Brandt popularity over time — girls
38 total births recorded since 1980 (Brandt as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brandt accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brandt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,196 births that decade — 20% of Brandt's all-time total
Brandt decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,196 births
- Runner-up 1,094 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brandt's strongest decade
1,196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Brandt by state
Where Brandt concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 458 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 417 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 211 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 199 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 182 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 163 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 139 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Utah | | 117 | 1.9% |
458 of 6,089 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.5% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brandt appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.