How Many People Are Named Brenden?
people named Brenden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,613 people in the US has this name
Based on 25,757 babies named Brenden in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,394 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of BRENDAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brenden in English. Counting Brenden and these spellings together, about 132,084 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brenden (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brenden alive today is about 24 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brenden first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 2000, to 1,394 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brenden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #242, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #2,890.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,890 |
| Best rank | #242 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #294 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brenden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brenden were born in California than in any other state: about 2,522 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brenden was given 2.3 times as often in Michigan, 1.9 times in Missouri and 1.5 times in North Dakota.
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