How Many People Are Named Brandon?
people named Brandon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 460 people in the US has this name
Based on 774,654 babies named Brandon in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
29,724 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English. It is sometimes also used as a variant of BRENDAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brandon in English. Counting Brandon and these spellings together, about 769,292 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brandon, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brandon alive today is about 32 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brandon first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1992, to 29,724 babies. In 2025, 1,326 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brandon reached #6 among boys' names in 1992 to 1994, and was in the top 10 for 7 years, 1992 to 1998. In 2025 it ranked #261.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #261 |
| Best rank | #6 (1992 to 1994) |
| Years in the top 10 | 7 |
| Years in the top 100 | 46 (1971 to 2016) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brandon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brandon were born in California than in any other state: about 87,956 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brandon was given 1.4 times as often in Hawaii, 1.4 times in Louisiana and 1.3 times in Alabama.
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