Brannon — #9078 US boys' name
4,694 babies named Brannon in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Brannon was born in this single decade.
158 babies were named Brannon in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brannon
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,694 babies named Brannon between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brannon currently holds the #9078 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 158 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brannon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Brannon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 452 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Brannon in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brannon 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 4,694 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.
Brannon at a glance
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Current rank
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Brannon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (1998)
- 158
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #9078 among boys.
4,694 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 158 births in a single year.
Brannon popularity over time — girls
116 total births recorded since 1975 (Brannon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brannon accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brannon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,177 births that decade — 25% of Brannon's all-time total
Brannon decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,177 births
- Runner-up 1,053 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brannon's strongest decade
1,177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Brannon by state
Where Brannon concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 452 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 443 | 9.4% |
| #3 | California | | 320 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 261 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 208 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 121 | 2.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 116 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 107 | 2.3% |
452 of 4,694 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 9.4% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 5.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brannon appears in 22 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, 1934–2024 (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.