Brennen — #3618 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brennen

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,018 babies named Brennen between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brennen currently holds the #3618 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 455 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brennen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,664 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Brennen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 746 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brennen in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brennen 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 9,018 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.