Brendan
Brendan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 221 births. Its best rank was 96th, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2210.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19993,994 births
- Best rank
- #96in 1999
- Since 1912
- 91,612people given the name
The story in the numbers
91,612 boys have been named Brendan in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 3,994 births — 0.21% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 31%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Brendan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 85 | |
| 1920s | 165 | |
| 1930s | 289 | |
| 1940s | 444 | |
| 1950s | 984 | |
| 1960s | 3,437 | |
| 1970s | 6,931 | |
| 1980s | 14,601 | |
| 1990s | 28,511 | |
| 2000s | 25,836 | |
| 2010s | 8,907 | |
| 2020s | 1,422 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Brendan was the 96th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Brendan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brendonpeak 1998
- Nicklaspeak 2002
- Johnathenpeak 1998
- Garetpeak 1999
- Devinpeak 1998
- Jarettpeak 1998
- Garrettpeak 2000
- Dajuanpeak 2001
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.