Brenden Boy
How popular is Brenden?
#2,883 boy name in 2025
43 baby boys were named Brenden in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
Brenden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,883 for boys (▼ 381 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-82% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #897 in 2015, #1,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (1,394 boys) |
| Highest rank | #242 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brenden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brendan family of names ranked #792 for boys in 2025 (#716 the year before), with 293 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brenden is most popular
Babies named Brenden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Brenden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 28 | #2,968 |
| 1960s | 279 | #898 |
| 1970s | 573 | #952 |
| 1980s | 1,864 | #532 |
| 1990s | 7,930 | #242 |
| 2000s | 10,990 | #243 |
| 2010s | 3,592 | #382 |
| 2020s | 459 | #1,451 |
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Questions
- Is Brenden a boy or girl name?
- Brenden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brenden were boys.
- How popular is the name Brenden?
- 43 baby boys were named Brenden in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
- When was Brenden most popular?
- Brenden peaked in 2000, when 1,394 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #242 in 1999.
- How many people are named Brenden?
- 25,757 babies have been named Brenden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,142 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Brenden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brenden was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.