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.

Brendan

#335 most common boys' name of all time · #736 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#335
Rank overall
#736 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
92,141
Since 2016
3,779
Peak year
1999 #96
Best rank
#96 1999
Girls Boys peak 4,005/yr
192019401960198020002020

Brendan first appears in 1912. 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 — 195 195 #1,101
2024 — 222 222 #1,010
2023 — 262 262 #888
2022 — 269 269 #882
2021 — 327 327 #766
2020 — 344 344 #722
2019 — 422 422 #639
2018 — 490 490 #561
2017 — 560 560 #517
2016 — 688 688 #450
2015 — 826 826 #387
2014 — 922 922 #352
2013 — 1,009 1,009 #326
2012 — 1,149 1,149 #301
2011 — 1,315 1,315 #263
2010 — 1,527 1,527 #231
2009 — 1,762 1,762 #212
2008 8 1,887 1,895 #207
2007 — 1,927 1,927 #205
2006 — 2,171 2,171 #185
2005 7 2,360 2,367 #176
2004 17 2,719 2,736 #150
2003 5 2,867 2,872 #141
2002 10 3,141 3,151 #124
2001 5 3,345 3,350 #115
2000 10 3,657 3,667 #101
1999 10 3,995 4,005 #96
1998 10 3,879 3,889 #99
1997 12 3,621 3,633 #107
1996 16 2,817 2,833 #131
1995 11 2,692 2,703 #133
1994 10 2,731 2,741 #129
1993 19 2,302 2,321 #145
1992 12 2,299 2,311 #145
1991 — 2,189 2,189 #147
1990 9 1,996 2,005 #155
1989 13 2,146 2,159 #145
1988 13 1,796 1,809 #154
1987 17 1,808 1,825 #156
1986 16 1,401 1,417 #185
1985 11 1,382 1,393 #185
1984 14 1,332 1,346 #188
1983 7 1,276 1,283 #191
1982 8 1,198 1,206 #206
1981 — 1,157 1,157 #215
1980 11 1,102 1,113 #219
1979 5 991 996 #230
1978 7 895 902 #236
1977 10 768 778 #258
1976 — 825 825 #245
1975 6 654 660 #292
1974 11 631 642 #295
1973 — 552 552 #319
1972 — 503 503 #343
1971 — 543 543 #337
1970 — 568 568 #336
1969 — 470 470 #364
1968 5 496 501 #349
1967 — 444 444 #356
1966 — 489 489 #339
1965 — 307 307 #441
1964 — 288 288 #466
1963 — 245 245 #513
1962 — 240 240 #511
1961 — 241 241 #513
1960 — 217 217 #539
1959 — 178 178 #586
1958 — 123 123 #685
1957 — 144 144 #640
1956 — 114 114 #693
1955 — 98 98 #738
1954 — 68 68 #900
1953 — 78 78 #817
1952 — 66 66 #869
1951 — 54 54 #960
1950 — 61 61 #883
1949 — 51 51 #980
1948 — 51 51 #986
1947 — 39 39 #1,174
1946 — 49 49 #964
1945 — 48 48 #940
1944 — 39 39 #1,067
1943 — 55 55 #906
1942 — 37 37 #1,137
1941 — 43 43 #986
1940 — 32 32 #1,205
1939 — 32 32 #1,165
1938 — 33 33 #1,146
1937 — 36 36 #1,090
1936 — 40 40 #1,008
1935 — 34 34 #1,144
1934 — 33 33 #1,170
1933 — 24 24 #1,398
1932 — 25 25 #1,420
1931 — 11 11 #2,417
1930 — 21 21 #1,629
1929 — 17 17 #1,911
1928 — 18 18 #1,883
1927 — 18 18 #1,934
1926 — 19 19 #1,833
1925 — 20 20 #1,795
1924 — 17 17 #2,015
1923 — 21 21 #1,744
1922 — 15 15 #2,210
1921 — 9 9 #3,074
1920 — 11 11 #2,694
1919 — 16 16 #2,044
1918 — 10 10 #2,796
1917 — 12 12 #2,371
1916 — 10 10 #2,650
1915 — 7 7 #3,195
1914 — 13 13 #1,851
1913 — 8 8 #2,225
1912 — 9 9 #1,865