Girls' name · since 1949
Brendalee
Brendalee has 425 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,024 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 425
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Brendalee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 425 have been recorded since 1949.
Brendalee has 425 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2011.
- #13,024 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 425 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendalee ranks #13,024 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 425 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,024 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 425
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Brendalee's 425 recorded births place it above 81.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Brendalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brendalee splits its recorded history at 1983: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brendalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2011
- Peak year (1960)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Brendalee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (131 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Brendalee's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Brendalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
131 births
- 1970s
1970s
56 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 40
2000s
40 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 131 births (31% of all-time use).
Brendalee by state
Where Brendalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 425 births nationwide.
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- Brendalee's decade-level peak was the 1960s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Brendalees (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brendalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brendalee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.