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.
43% of everyone ever named Brenen was born in this single decade.
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 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brenen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1984
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
318 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Brenen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 138 births that decade — 43% of Brenen's all-time total
Brenen decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brenen's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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.