Brenan
#5,363 most common boys' name of all time · #13,340 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2021
Rank among boys
#5,363
Rank overall
#13,340 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
833
Since 2016
42
Peak year
2009 #2,868
Best rank
#2,287 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 42/yr
Brenan first appears in 1972. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,966 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,423 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,122 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,351 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,137 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,928 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,795 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,741 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,731 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,179 |
| 2011 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,271 |
| 2010 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2009 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,868 |
| 2008 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,087 |
| 2007 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,554 |
| 2006 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,347 |
| 2005 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,259 |
| 2004 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,503 |
| 2003 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,017 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,224 |
| 2001 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,027 |
| 2000 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,548 |
| 1999 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,762 |
| 1998 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,899 |
| 1997 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,376 |
| 1996 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,287 |
| 1995 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,163 |
| 1994 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,822 |
| 1993 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,003 |
| 1992 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,416 |
| 1991 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,194 |
| 1990 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,563 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,190 |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,049 |
| 1987 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,036 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,229 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,538 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,638 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,771 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,401 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,311 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,535 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,980 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,147 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,046 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,918 |