first name
BRENDEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,501 people named Brenden, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brenden peaked in 2000, when 1,394 babies got the name.
At least 25,757 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.
Brenden by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #588. The largest share of babies named Brenden, 64.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Brenden is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brenden has been most common in Nevada (3×), Michigan (1.9×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in Alabama (0.4×).
23,262 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 Brenden
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brenden, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brenden ranks #28,769 of 156,621, with 880 people. See Brenden as a last name
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