Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Brendan

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

Endangered Down 94.5% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

3,994

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1912Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

94.5%

2024

221

All-time

91,612

Brendan 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 1999, when 3,994 boys were named Brendan.

In 2024, only 221 boys were given the name.

Down 94.5% from its peak.

All told, about 91,612 Americans have been named Brendan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.5% from peak

19993,994 boys named Brendan

2024221 boys named Brendan

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