Brenin — boys' name
195 babies named Brenin in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Brenin was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Brenin in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brenin
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Brenin between 1985 and 2020, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brenin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brenin 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 195 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.
Brenin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brenin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1985
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
195 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 14 births in a single year.
Brenin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2002 (Brenin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brenin accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brenin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 84 births that decade — 43% of Brenin's all-time total
Brenin decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brenin's strongest decade
84 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, 1985–2020 (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.