Brendan — #1010 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brendan

The Social Security Administration has registered 91,612 babies named Brendan between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brendan currently holds the #1010 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 3,994 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brendan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 28,511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Brendan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11,365 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Brendan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brendan 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 91,612 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.