Girls' name · since 1948
Brendalyn
Brendalyn has 301 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
301 babies have been named Brendalyn since 1948, making it today's #15168 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendalyn has been recorded 301 times among girls since 1948, currently ranked #15168 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #15,857 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,168 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 301 born since 1948
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendalyn ranks #15,857 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,168 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 301 born since 1948, peaking in the 1950s.
- #15,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Brendalyn's 301 recorded births place it above 78.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brendalyn compares
301 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brendalyn's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brendalyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 301 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brendalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brendalyn's full recorded timeline at 1980, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brendalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1948)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Brendalyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (63 births, 21% of the file).
1950s was Brendalyn's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Brendalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
63 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 63 births (21% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brendalyn's data
- Brendalyn's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brendalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Brendalyn 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.