Brendan

Boy · recorded 1912–2025

  • #1,097in 2025
  • 1 in 8,759boys in 2025
  • −74%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Massachusetts

Most popular in 1999.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

01,0412,08119121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 114 recorded years as a table
Brendan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191221
191316
191420
19158
191611
191713
191810
191916
192010
19218
192214
192319
192415
192518
192617
192716
192816
192916
193019
193111
193224
193324
193432
193533
193639
193734
193830
193929
194028
194135
194227
194339
194429
194536
194630
194721
194829
194929
195034
195129
195234
195340
195433
195548
195654
195767
195858
195983
1960102
1961113
1962116
1963121
1964145
1965165
1966274
1967255
1968285
1969263
1970306
1971307
1972310
1973354
1974401
1975419
1976526
1977467
1978545
1979576
1980618
1981646
1982660
1983712
1984738
1985748
1986761
1987968
1988938
19891,073
1990972
19911,083
19921,151
19931,174
19941,414
19951,414
19961,487
19971,921
19982,029
19992,081
20001,862
20011,722
20021,618
20031,451
20041,370
20051,182
20061,056
2007928
2008925
2009888
2010796
2011692
2012606
2013533
2014480
2015431
2016363
2017303
2018270
2019235
2020199
2021187
2022154
2023153
2024129
2025114

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Massachusetts 3.0×
  2. New Jersey 2.4×
  3. Illinois 2.1×
  4. Pennsylvania 1.9×
  5. New York 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
195
Rank in 2025
#1,097
How rare
1 in 8,759 boys
Since 1912
91,816

Most popular in 1999, at 2,081 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 74% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Massachusetts3.0×32
New Jersey2.4×38
Illinois2.1×41
Pennsylvania1.9×40
New York1.9×65

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.