How rare is the name Brandan?

4,761 people in the United States have the first name Brandan, about 1 in 63,439. It ranks #4,066 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRANDAN

#4,066

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,761
About
1 in 63,439
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,761 people named Brandan, 65.2% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brandan peaked in 1993, when 263 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
263
In 2025*
10 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,776 babies have been given the name since 1955. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Brandan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,586. The largest share of babies named Brandan, 52.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#9,90327
1960s#7,12484
1970s#3,226437
1980s#1,7091,521
1990s#1,5862,227
2000s#3,0911,111
2010s#7,728315
2020s#17,26054
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.1%
Millennials 1981–9652.6%
Generation Z 1997–1232.4%
2013 and later3.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Brandan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brandan has been most common in Ohio (1.8×), Michigan (1.8×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in Virginia (0.54×).

3,167 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Brandan

1 other first name also has 4,761 people.

#4,066 Braylee · 4,761

Either side of Brandan

#4,063 Cathrine · 4,767#4,063 Sanjuanita · 4,767#4,066 Braylee · 4,761#4,068 Jame · 4,759

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brandan, most common first.

#62 Brandon · 642,620#80 Brenda · 521,400#577 Brandy · 92,449#617 Brendan · 85,406#622 Brandi · 84,737#1,492 Brenden · 22,501#1,498 Branden · 22,284#1,727 Brendon · 17,654

Also a last name

As a last name, Brandan ranks #155,682 of 156,621, with 100 people. See Brandan as a last name

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