Branigan — unisex name

What the Data Says About Branigan

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Branigan between 1984 and 1991, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Branigan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Branigan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 1983.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Branigan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Branigan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Branigan 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 39 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.