Girls' name · since 1944
Brendia
155 babies named Brendia in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Brendia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 155 recorded since 1944.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendia has been recorded 155 times among girls since 1944, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1944 to 1963.
- #22,409 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brendia ranks #22,409 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Brendia's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brendia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brendia's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1950 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brendia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1963
- Peak year (1950)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1963.
155 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 15 births in a single year.
Brendia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (94 births, 61% of the file).
1950s was Brendia's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Brendia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 37
1940s
37 births
- 1950s
1950s
94 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 94 births (61% of all-time use).
Brendia decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Brendia's data
- Brendia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1960s -- 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 Brendia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1944–1963 (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 Brendia 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.
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