Brandilyn · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Brandilyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 38 recorded years as a table

Brandilyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1971	5
1972	6
1973	7
1974	10
1975	14
1976	18
1977	12
1978	15
1979	24
1980	19
1981	15
1982	15
1983	16
1984	12
1985	18
1986	15
1987	14
1988	15
1989	15
1990	9
1991	13
1992	9
1993	15
1994	12
1995	10
1996	9
1997	7
1998	5
1999	8
2000	3
2001	5
2002	4
2003	4
2004	3
2007	3
2010	4
2011	3
2012	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Brandilyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Brandilyn

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012: 6
Rank in 2012: #14,962
How rare: 1 in 293,508 girls
Since 1971: 664

Brandilyn was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 24 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Brandilyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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