Boys' name · since 1985
Brenin
Brenin has 200 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,938 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,505 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
200 babies have been named Brenin since 1985, making it today's #12505 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenin has been recorded 200 times among boys since 1985, currently ranked #12505 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #12,938 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,505 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 200 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenin ranks #12,938 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,505 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 200 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,938 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,505 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brenin's 200 recorded births place it above 71.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brenin compares
200 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brenin's all-time total is 46% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brenin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 200 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brenin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brenin splits its recorded history at 2009: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brenin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Brenin popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2002 (Brenin as girls' name)
Brenin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Brenin's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Brenin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brenin's data
- Brenin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brenin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Brenin 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.