Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brandon

#44 most common boys' name of all time · #72 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#44
Rank overall
#72 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
774,654
Since 2016
24,295
Peak year
1992 #6
Best rank
#6 1992
Girls Boys peak 29,724/yr
192019401960198020002020

Brandon first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,326 1,326 #261
2024 — 1,562 1,562 #230
2023 — 1,665 1,665 #219
2022 — 1,777 1,777 #210
2021 — 2,135 2,135 #181
2020 — 2,312 2,312 #166
2019 6 2,686 2,692 #141
2018 6 3,214 3,220 #124
2017 8 3,497 3,505 #114
2016 — 4,101 4,101 #99
2015 8 5,128 5,136 #83
2014 — 5,856 5,856 #71
2013 8 6,235 6,243 #70
2012 15 7,041 7,056 #56
2011 16 7,821 7,837 #47
2010 14 8,549 8,563 #44
2009 11 9,848 9,859 #38
2008 14 11,482 11,496 #33
2007 13 12,148 12,161 #31
2006 23 12,686 12,709 #27
2005 30 12,947 12,977 #27
2004 59 14,135 14,194 #22
2003 25 15,245 15,270 #21
2002 32 16,282 16,314 #20
2001 40 17,893 17,933 #18
2000 42 20,337 20,379 #12
1999 43 21,601 21,644 #11
1998 53 23,832 23,885 #7
1997 58 25,197 25,255 #8
1996 81 25,847 25,928 #8
1995 86 26,904 26,990 #8
1994 94 29,492 29,586 #6
1993 101 28,735 28,836 #6
1992 96 29,628 29,724 #6
1991 63 26,021 26,084 #15
1990 85 22,163 22,248 #19
1989 135 23,310 23,445 #18
1988 166 23,744 23,910 #17
1987 217 24,823 25,040 #14
1986 269 27,254 27,523 #13
1985 273 29,304 29,577 #13
1984 235 25,673 25,908 #15
1983 247 23,519 23,766 #17
1982 201 20,212 20,413 #18
1981 220 20,206 20,426 #19
1980 136 14,161 14,297 #31
1979 127 11,302 11,429 #35
1978 100 9,241 9,341 #40
1977 96 8,272 8,368 #41
1976 98 7,786 7,884 #40
1975 97 7,090 7,187 #44
1974 81 5,859 5,940 #51
1973 65 5,065 5,130 #58
1972 50 4,625 4,675 #63
1971 40 3,263 3,303 #95
1970 37 2,544 2,581 #131
1969 24 1,107 1,131 #217
1968 18 759 777 #263
1967 13 483 496 #343
1966 5 397 402 #379
1965 7 395 402 #395
1964 7 303 310 #457
1963 7 259 266 #499
1962 6 194 200 #566
1961 6 194 200 #565
1960 — 185 185 #575
1959 6 186 192 #573
1958 6 132 138 #666
1957 — 130 130 #669
1956 5 168 173 #589
1955 8 104 112 #719
1954 7 162 169 #580
1953 — 113 113 #676
1952 — 76 76 #806
1951 — 50 50 #1,003
1950 — 54 54 #946
1949 — 42 42 #1,094
1948 — 35 35 #1,228
1947 — 31 31 #1,328
1946 — 9 9 #2,649
1945 — 10 10 #2,348
1944 — 18 18 #1,673
1943 — 17 17 #1,823
1942 — 10 10 #2,484
1941 — 10 10 #2,455
1940 — 10 10 #2,442
1938 — 7 7 #3,058
1937 — 7 7 #3,067
1936 — 12 12 #2,164
1935 — 9 9 #2,670
1934 — 6 6 #3,493
1933 — 12 12 #2,193
1932 — 9 9 #2,787
1931 — 12 12 #2,304
1930 — 12 12 #2,411
1929 — 13 13 #2,297
1928 — 9 9 #3,004
1927 — 17 17 #2,027
1926 — 17 17 #1,977
1925 — 9 9 #3,089
1924 — 12 12 #2,604
1923 — 16 16 #2,112
1922 — 14 14 #2,332
1921 — 9 9 #3,121
1920 — 9 9 #3,116
1919 — 11 11 #2,634
1918 — 15 15 #2,158
1917 — 9 9 #2,888
1916 — 16 16 #1,946
1915 — 12 12 #2,294
1914 — 11 11 #2,094