Brynden — boys' name
277 babies named Brynden in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Brynden was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Brynden in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brynden
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Brynden between 1987 and 2019, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brynden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brynden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brynden shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brynden 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 277 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.
Brynden at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brynden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1987
- Peak year (2005)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
277 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 19 births in a single year.
Brynden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 127 births that decade — 46% of Brynden's all-time total
Brynden decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brynden's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1987–2019 (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.