Brenan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Brenan

The Social Security Administration has registered 833 babies named Brenan between 1972 and 2021, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 296 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brenan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Brenan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brenan 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 833 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.