Recorded 1992–2015 Boys' name Peak 2012 207 births

Brennin — boys' name

207 babies named Brennin in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s442000s1042010s59
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Brennin was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

23 babies were named Brennin in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brennin

The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Brennin between 1992 and 2015, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brennin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brennin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brennin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brennin 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 207 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.

Brennin at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

207

Since 1992

24 years of records

Peak year

2012

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1992

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2015

Brennin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1992

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2012)
23
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
0510152025 2015201020072004200119981992 8

Brennin by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
104 births that decade — 50% of Brennin's all-time total
1990s442000s1042010s59

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brennin?
207 babies have been named Brennin since 1992. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2012 with 23 births.
When was Brennin most popular?
Brennin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Brennin been used?
Brennin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 24 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Brennin?
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, 1992–2015 (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.