Feminine dossier · first seen 1897

Brenda

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

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

24,338

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1897Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

212

All-time

608,331

Brenda 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 1957, when 24,338 girls were named Brenda.

In 2024, only 212 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 608,331 Americans have been named Brenda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

195724,338 girls named Brenda

2024212 girls named Brenda

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