Boys' name · since 1979
Brenon
Brenon has 266 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 266
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brenon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 266 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Brenon recorded 266 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2013.
- #11,298 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 266 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenon ranks #11,298 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 266 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 266
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brenon's 266 recorded births place it above 75.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brenon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brenon splits its recorded history at 1999: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brenon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2013
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Brenon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (105 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Brenon's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Brenon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 105 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Brenon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- 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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Similar record span (~34 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, 1979–2013 (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 Brenon 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.