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Brandon name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Brandon ranks #261 in male records (1,326 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#261 · 1,326 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 236 male records (1,562 to 1,326); rank moved from #230 to #261.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 809 male records (2,135 to 1,326); rank moved from #181 to #261.
Peak year in available data
2016: 4,101 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Brandon becoming more popular?

Brandon's reported male count decreased by 236 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #230 to #261. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Brandon. That is not a count of zero.

Brandon in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for BrandonFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.4,1010201620252017: 8 female records2018: 6 female records2019: 6 female records2016: 4,101 male records2017: 3,497 male records2018: 3,214 male records2019: 2,686 male records2020: 2,312 male records2021: 2,135 male records2022: 1,777 male records2023: 1,665 male records2024: 1,562 male records2025: 1,326 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——1,326261
2024——1,562230
2023——1,665219
2022——1,777210
2021——2,135181
2020——2,312165
2019614,1172,686141
2018614,0833,214124
2017811,8333,497114
2016——4,10199

Questions about Brandon’s popularity

How common is Brandon in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Brandon ranks #261 in male records (1,326 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Brandon?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Brandon only.

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