Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Brandon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Brandon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.8% from peak

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

29,627

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1914Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

94.8%

2024

1,553

All-time

769,149

Brandon once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 29,627 boys were named Brandon.

In 2024, only 1,553 boys were given the name.

Down 94.8% from its peak.

All told, about 769,149 Americans have been named Brandon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.8% from peak

199229,627 boys named Brandon

20241,553 boys named Brandon

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