first name
BRANNON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,858 people named Brannon, 73.7% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 96% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brannon peaked in 1998, when 158 babies got the name.
At least 4,823 babies have been given the name since 1934. 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.
Brannon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,020. The largest share of babies named Brannon, 36.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Brannon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brannon has been most common in Georgia (6.7×), Alabama (6×), and Louisiana (4.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.55×).
2,335 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.
Either side of Brannon
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brannon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brannon ranks #2,315 of 156,621, with 15,360 people. See Brannon as a last name
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