Brennan*
#608 most common boys' name of all time · #1,356 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1916–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#608
Rank overall
#1,356 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
35,487
Since 2016
3,459
Peak year
2009 #243
Best rank
#243 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 1,550/yr
Brennan first appears in 1916. 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 | 10 | 226 | 236 | #1,004 |
| 2024 | 19 | 207 | 226 | #1,058 |
| 2023 | 16 | 213 | 229 | #1,026 |
| 2022 | 26 | 224 | 250 | #996 |
| 2021 | 30 | 265 | 295 | #874 |
| 2020 | 32 | 315 | 347 | #766 |
| 2019 | 32 | 340 | 372 | #719 |
| 2018 | 30 | 382 | 412 | #662 |
| 2017 | 44 | 464 | 508 | #585 |
| 2016 | 35 | 549 | 584 | #534 |
| 2015 | 40 | 690 | 730 | #446 |
| 2014 | 57 | 806 | 863 | #387 |
| 2013 | 66 | 927 | 993 | #345 |
| 2012 | 73 | 1,011 | 1,084 | #318 |
| 2011 | 87 | 1,177 | 1,264 | #293 |
| 2010 | 81 | 1,279 | 1,360 | #270 |
| 2009 | 86 | 1,464 | 1,550 | #243 |
| 2008 | 83 | 1,316 | 1,399 | #263 |
| 2007 | 100 | 1,207 | 1,307 | #286 |
| 2006 | 69 | 1,116 | 1,185 | #299 |
| 2005 | 47 | 1,054 | 1,101 | #312 |
| 2004 | 63 | 1,061 | 1,124 | #300 |
| 2003 | 41 | 1,127 | 1,168 | #276 |
| 2002 | 58 | 1,121 | 1,179 | #274 |
| 2001 | 60 | 1,121 | 1,181 | #274 |
| 2000 | 42 | 1,158 | 1,200 | #276 |
| 1999 | 58 | 1,106 | 1,164 | #270 |
| 1998 | 65 | 1,051 | 1,116 | #274 |
| 1997 | 52 | 967 | 1,019 | #289 |
| 1996 | 60 | 895 | 955 | #297 |
| 1995 | 62 | 916 | 978 | #288 |
| 1994 | 76 | 756 | 832 | #329 |
| 1993 | 57 | 663 | 720 | #356 |
| 1992 | 50 | 642 | 692 | #368 |
| 1991 | 53 | 698 | 751 | #346 |
| 1990 | 41 | 606 | 647 | #383 |
| 1989 | 33 | 445 | 478 | #446 |
| 1988 | 28 | 460 | 488 | #423 |
| 1987 | 34 | 422 | 456 | #428 |
| 1986 | 30 | 292 | 322 | #521 |
| 1985 | 20 | 253 | 273 | #553 |
| 1984 | 28 | 232 | 260 | #562 |
| 1983 | 25 | 182 | 207 | #635 |
| 1982 | 19 | 152 | 171 | #707 |
| 1981 | 14 | 139 | 153 | #737 |
| 1980 | 23 | 142 | 165 | #737 |
| 1979 | 16 | 136 | 152 | #743 |
| 1978 | 16 | 123 | 139 | #763 |
| 1977 | 8 | 108 | 116 | #820 |
| 1976 | 10 | 99 | 109 | #842 |
| 1975 | 11 | 102 | 113 | #824 |
| 1974 | 7 | 89 | 96 | #851 |
| 1973 | 6 | 69 | 75 | #975 |
| 1972 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1971 | — | 78 | 78 | #922 |
| 1970 | — | 73 | 73 | #936 |
| 1969 | — | 66 | 66 | #950 |
| 1968 | — | 58 | 58 | #966 |
| 1967 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,000 |
| 1966 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,004 |
| 1965 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,290 |
| 1964 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,457 |
| 1963 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,393 |
| 1962 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,655 |
| 1961 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,622 |
| 1960 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,017 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,619 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,951 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,587 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,099 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,019 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,553 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,558 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,314 |