Girls' name · since 2011
Brendalynn
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Brendalynn, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Brendalynn since 2011, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Brendalynn recorded 64 times among girls since 2011, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2021.
- #32,065 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendalynn ranks #32,065 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brendalynn's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brendalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brendalynn splits its recorded history at 2016: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brendalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Brendalynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 92% of the file).
2010s was Brendalynn's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 92% of all-time use.
Brendalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (92% of all-time use).
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- Brendalynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brendalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 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, 2011–2021 (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 Brendalynn 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.