Recorded 1995–2004 Boys' name Peak 1997 56 births

Brenndan — boys' name

56 babies named Brenndan in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Brenndan was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

12 babies were named Brenndan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brenndan

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Brenndan between 1995 and 2004, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenndan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenndan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brenndan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brenndan 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 56 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.

Brenndan at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

56

Since 1995

10 years of records

Peak year

1997

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1995

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2004

Brenndan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1995

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1997)
12
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
468101214 20042003200019991998199719961995 5

Brenndan by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
38 births that decade — 68% of Brenndan's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brenndan?
56 babies have been named Brenndan since 1995. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1997 with 12 births.
When was Brenndan most popular?
Brenndan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Brenndan been used?
Brenndan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 10 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Brenndan?
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, 1995–2004 (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.