Brandan
Brandan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 638th, in 1993.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1993263 births
- Best rank
- #638in 1993
- Since 1955
- 5,670people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,670 boys have been named Brandan in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 263 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 263 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 39%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Brandan was the 638th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Brandan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johnathonpeak 1990
- Brandenpeak 1992
- Kylepeak 1990
- Jarredpeak 1989
- Brandinpeak 1988
- Brandonpeak 1992
- Sagarpeak 1993
- Cylepeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.