Boys' name · since 1984
Brenen
Brenen has 318 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 318
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
318 boys have been named Brenen since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brenen has 318 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2013.
- #10,257 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 318 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenen ranks #10,257 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 318 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 318
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brenen's 318 recorded births place it above 77.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brenen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brenen splits its recorded history at 2000: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brenen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2013
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Brenen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (138 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Brenen's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Brenen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 138 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Brenen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2010s (47) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Brenen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1984–2013 (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 Brenen 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.