How Many People Are Named Brannon?

4,559

people named Brannon are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 74,969 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,823 babies named Brannon in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,932

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,474

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Peak Year

1998

158 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an Irish surname derived from Mac Branain, which means "descendant of BRAN (1)".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
2.5%
Male
97.5%

Of the babies given the name Brannon, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Brannon alive today is about 34 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 45 in 2025.

Under 30 1,795
39.4%
30 to 59 2,675
58.7%
60 and over 89
2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Brannon first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 1998, to 158 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Brannon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #722, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #6,504.

Boys
Rank in 2025#6,504
Best rank#722 (1980)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,034 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Brannon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Brannon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 429 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brannon was given 7.4 times as often in Alabama, 6.9 times in Georgia and 4.9 times in Louisiana.

Texas 429
Georgia 421
California 303
Alabama 249
Louisiana 194
Florida 117
North Carolina 111
Tennessee 103
Ohio 55
Oklahoma 43
Mississippi 40
South Carolina 39
Arkansas 39
Indiana 15
Missouri 12
Illinois 10
Arizona 10
New York 7
Pennsylvania 6
Colorado 5
Hawaii 5
Michigan 5

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