Brenda
#43 most common girls' name of all time · #97 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1897–2025
Rank among girls
#43
Rank overall
#97 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
610,597
Since 2016
2,223
Peak year
1957 #13
Best rank
#11 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 24,395/yr
Brenda first appears in 1897. 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 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,526 |
| 2024 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,141 |
| 2023 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,295 |
| 2022 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 198 | — | 198 | #1,207 |
| 2020 | 180 | — | 180 | #1,261 |
| 2019 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,071 |
| 2018 | 258 | — | 258 | #1,008 |
| 2017 | 294 | — | 294 | #911 |
| 2016 | 340 | — | 340 | #841 |
| 2015 | 349 | — | 349 | #805 |
| 2014 | 384 | — | 384 | #732 |
| 2013 | 439 | — | 439 | #644 |
| 2012 | 561 | — | 561 | #538 |
| 2011 | 546 | — | 546 | #532 |
| 2010 | 735 | — | 735 | #426 |
| 2009 | 780 | — | 780 | #406 |
| 2008 | 968 | — | 968 | #343 |
| 2007 | 1,232 | 5 | 1,237 | #280 |
| 2006 | 1,419 | — | 1,419 | #240 |
| 2005 | 1,661 | 7 | 1,668 | #209 |
| 2004 | 1,660 | 11 | 1,671 | #201 |
| 2003 | 1,443 | 7 | 1,450 | #228 |
| 2002 | 1,550 | 6 | 1,556 | #213 |
| 2001 | 1,737 | 5 | 1,742 | #189 |
| 2000 | 1,898 | — | 1,898 | #172 |
| 1999 | 1,979 | — | 1,979 | #160 |
| 1998 | 2,133 | 9 | 2,142 | #149 |
| 1997 | 2,159 | 11 | 2,170 | #148 |
| 1996 | 2,414 | 11 | 2,425 | #131 |
| 1995 | 2,610 | 29 | 2,639 | #119 |
| 1994 | 2,655 | 28 | 2,683 | #121 |
| 1993 | 2,885 | 35 | 2,920 | #114 |
| 1992 | 2,827 | 28 | 2,855 | #119 |
| 1991 | 2,634 | 44 | 2,678 | #120 |
| 1990 | 2,633 | 32 | 2,665 | #123 |
| 1989 | 2,272 | 44 | 2,316 | #132 |
| 1988 | 2,285 | 42 | 2,327 | #123 |
| 1987 | 2,150 | 46 | 2,196 | #129 |
| 1986 | 2,241 | 50 | 2,291 | #124 |
| 1985 | 2,385 | 36 | 2,421 | #122 |
| 1984 | 2,497 | 31 | 2,528 | #112 |
| 1983 | 2,431 | 30 | 2,461 | #120 |
| 1982 | 2,517 | 25 | 2,542 | #118 |
| 1981 | 2,721 | 30 | 2,751 | #112 |
| 1980 | 2,648 | 24 | 2,672 | #115 |
| 1979 | 2,769 | 22 | 2,791 | #112 |
| 1978 | 2,873 | 14 | 2,887 | #103 |
| 1977 | 3,151 | 17 | 3,168 | #91 |
| 1976 | 3,587 | 17 | 3,604 | #77 |
| 1975 | 4,236 | 25 | 4,261 | #67 |
| 1974 | 4,830 | 17 | 4,847 | #59 |
| 1973 | 5,379 | 21 | 5,400 | #53 |
| 1972 | 6,270 | 26 | 6,296 | #44 |
| 1971 | 7,160 | 27 | 7,187 | #43 |
| 1970 | 8,336 | 20 | 8,356 | #40 |
| 1969 | 8,989 | 35 | 9,024 | #38 |
| 1968 | 9,945 | 41 | 9,986 | #34 |
| 1967 | 11,479 | 38 | 11,517 | #31 |
| 1966 | 13,294 | 42 | 13,336 | #25 |
| 1965 | 15,060 | 56 | 15,116 | #23 |
| 1964 | 17,106 | 46 | 17,152 | #18 |
| 1963 | 19,611 | 53 | 19,664 | #15 |
| 1962 | 21,274 | 65 | 21,339 | #12 |
| 1961 | 23,781 | 72 | 23,853 | #11 |
| 1960 | 23,963 | 63 | 24,026 | #13 |
| 1959 | 21,424 | 53 | 21,477 | #16 |
| 1958 | 21,337 | 45 | 21,382 | #16 |
| 1957 | 24,339 | 56 | 24,395 | #13 |
| 1956 | 19,341 | 37 | 19,378 | #19 |
| 1955 | 19,114 | 40 | 19,154 | #18 |
| 1954 | 19,609 | 39 | 19,648 | #18 |
| 1953 | 20,122 | 49 | 20,171 | #18 |
| 1952 | 21,439 | 44 | 21,483 | #15 |
| 1951 | 21,717 | 44 | 21,761 | #14 |
| 1950 | 20,799 | 41 | 20,840 | #14 |
| 1949 | 20,543 | 43 | 20,586 | #13 |
| 1948 | 17,700 | 39 | 17,739 | #17 |
| 1947 | 15,830 | 37 | 15,867 | #21 |
| 1946 | 12,690 | 34 | 12,724 | #24 |
| 1945 | 9,203 | 27 | 9,230 | #29 |
| 1944 | 8,999 | 28 | 9,027 | #30 |
| 1943 | 8,435 | 22 | 8,457 | #35 |
| 1942 | 7,241 | 28 | 7,269 | #40 |
| 1941 | 6,332 | 32 | 6,364 | #41 |
| 1940 | 5,442 | 19 | 5,461 | #42 |
| 1939 | 2,756 | 19 | 2,775 | #86 |
| 1938 | 676 | — | 676 | #244 |
| 1937 | 233 | — | 233 | #424 |
| 1936 | 163 | — | 163 | #514 |
| 1935 | 132 | — | 132 | #558 |
| 1934 | 106 | — | 106 | #652 |
| 1933 | 90 | — | 90 | #686 |
| 1932 | 95 | — | 95 | #697 |
| 1931 | 66 | — | 66 | #852 |
| 1930 | 63 | — | 63 | #922 |
| 1929 | 60 | — | 60 | #930 |
| 1928 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,024 |
| 1927 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,124 |
| 1926 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,011 |
| 1925 | 58 | — | 58 | #985 |
| 1924 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,200 |
| 1923 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,188 |
| 1922 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,163 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,457 |
| 1920 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,431 |
| 1919 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,437 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,524 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,968 |
| 1916 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,614 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,714 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,787 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,849 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,338 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,750 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,888 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,812 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,516 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,812 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,981 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,638 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,379 |