Brennen
#1,239 most common boys' name of all time · #2,958 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among boys
#1,239
Rank overall
#2,958 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
9,217
Since 2016
587
Peak year
2009 #580
Best rank
#534 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 464/yr
Brennen first appears in 1962. 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 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,908 |
| 2024 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,637 |
| 2023 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,444 |
| 2022 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,122 |
| 2021 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,507 |
| 2020 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,352 |
| 2019 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,988 |
| 2018 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,154 |
| 2017 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,758 |
| 2016 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,392 |
| 2015 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,261 |
| 2014 | 5 | 153 | 158 | #1,203 |
| 2013 | 6 | 192 | 198 | #1,016 |
| 2012 | — | 302 | 302 | #759 |
| 2011 | — | 306 | 306 | #742 |
| 2010 | 5 | 387 | 392 | #629 |
| 2009 | 9 | 455 | 464 | #580 |
| 2008 | 8 | 375 | 383 | #650 |
| 2007 | 17 | 366 | 383 | #654 |
| 2006 | 12 | 292 | 304 | #733 |
| 2005 | — | 326 | 326 | #659 |
| 2004 | 7 | 337 | 344 | #627 |
| 2003 | 6 | 400 | 406 | #561 |
| 2002 | 5 | 367 | 372 | #584 |
| 2001 | 10 | 362 | 372 | #571 |
| 2000 | 6 | 384 | 390 | #551 |
| 1999 | 7 | 341 | 348 | #574 |
| 1998 | 9 | 378 | 387 | #534 |
| 1997 | — | 322 | 322 | #576 |
| 1996 | 5 | 254 | 259 | #657 |
| 1995 | 9 | 250 | 259 | #662 |
| 1994 | — | 242 | 242 | #669 |
| 1993 | 5 | 185 | 190 | #774 |
| 1992 | 7 | 180 | 187 | #780 |
| 1991 | 11 | 159 | 170 | #822 |
| 1990 | 8 | 131 | 139 | #902 |
| 1989 | — | 135 | 135 | #869 |
| 1988 | — | 123 | 123 | #857 |
| 1987 | — | 93 | 93 | #988 |
| 1986 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,252 |
| 1985 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #1,317 |
| 1984 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,312 |
| 1983 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,617 |
| 1982 | 5 | 45 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1981 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,391 |
| 1980 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,645 |
| 1979 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,973 |
| 1978 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,636 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,941 |
| 1976 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1975 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,987 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,075 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,348 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,858 |
| 1971 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,106 |
| 1970 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,281 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,552 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,513 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,518 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,009 |