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.
68% of everyone ever named Brenndan was born in this single decade.
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 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brenndan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1995
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
56 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 12 births in a single year.
Brenndan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 68% of Brenndan's all-time total
Brenndan decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brenndan's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% 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, 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.