Brenham — #10493 US boys' name
68 babies named Brenham in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Brenham was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Brenham in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brenham
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Brenham between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenham currently holds the #10493 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brenham shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brenham in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brenham 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 68 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.
Brenham at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brenham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #10493 among boys.
68 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 10 births in a single year.
Brenham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 33 births that decade — 49% of Brenham's all-time total
Brenham decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brenham's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Brenham by state
Where Brenham concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 30.9% |
21 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 30.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 30.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.