Recorded 2002–2018 Boys' name Peak 2008 78 births

Brodan — boys' name

78 babies named Brodan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s502010s28
2000s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Brodan was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

11 babies were named Brodan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brodan

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Brodan between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brodan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brodan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brodan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brodan 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 78 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.

Brodan at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

78

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2008

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Brodan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2008)
11
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4681012 20182015201220102009200820072006200520042002 5

Brodan by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
50 births that decade — 64% of Brodan's all-time total
2000s502010s28

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brodan?
78 babies have been named Brodan since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2008 with 11 births.
When was Brodan most popular?
Brodan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 50 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Brodan been used?
Brodan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Brodan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brody, Brooks, Brock, Brodie, 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, 2002–2018 (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.