Recorded 1984–2013 Boys' name Peak 2004 318 births

Brenen — boys' name

318 babies named Brenen in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s251990s1082000s1382010s47
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Brenen was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

18 babies were named Brenen in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brenen

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Brenen between 1984 and 2013, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brenen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brenen 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 318 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.

Brenen at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

318

Since 1984

30 years of records

Peak year

2004

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1984

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2013

Brenen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1984

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2004)
18
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
05101520 20132009200520011997199319891984 5

Brenen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
138 births that decade — 43% of Brenen's all-time total
1980s251990s1082000s1382010s47

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brenen?
318 babies have been named Brenen since 1984. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2004 with 18 births.
When was Brenen most popular?
Brenen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 138 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Brenen been used?
Brenen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 30 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Brenen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brett, Brent, Brendan, Brennan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.