Bren**
#5,774 most common boys' name of all time · #14,384 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1956–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,774
Rank overall
#14,384 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
736
Since 2016
129
Peak year
2008 #5,844
Best rank
#2,838 1964
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Bren first appears in 1956. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,879 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,154 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,072 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,143 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,703 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,733 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,859 |
| 2018 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #6,431 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #8,996 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,250 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,155 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,835 |
| 2013 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,867 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,015 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,206 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,893 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,330 |
| 2008 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #5,844 |
| 2007 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #6,348 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,928 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,107 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #8,313 |
| 2003 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #4,873 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #4,984 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #6,567 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #9,394 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #8,075 |
| 1998 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #8,733 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,356 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,579 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,027 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,500 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,013 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,575 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,784 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,704 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,619 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,357 |
| 1985 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,312 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,379 |
| 1983 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,819 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,756 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,810 |
| 1980 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,941 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,190 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,459 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,697 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,136 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,713 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,532 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,014 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,874 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,307 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,838 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,293 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,088 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,960 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,417 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,962 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,389 |