Brendon Boy
How popular is Brendon?
#2,676 boy name in 2025
48 baby boys were named Brendon in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
Brendon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,676 for boys (▼ 117 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,116 in 2015, #2,069 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (868 boys) |
| Highest rank | #318 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1927 |
| 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 |
Brendon 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 Brendon is most popular
Babies named Brendon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Brendon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,849 |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,452 |
| 1950s | 69 | #2,375 |
| 1960s | 443 | #696 |
| 1970s | 1,465 | #594 |
| 1980s | 3,173 | #422 |
| 1990s | 6,833 | #318 |
| 2000s | 5,660 | #348 |
| 2010s | 2,016 | #634 |
| 2020s | 369 | #1,852 |
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Questions
- Is Brendon a boy or girl name?
- Brendon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brendon were boys.
- How popular is the name Brendon?
- 48 baby boys were named Brendon in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
- When was Brendon most popular?
- Brendon peaked in 1998, when 868 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #318 in 1998.
- How many people are named Brendon?
- 20,103 babies have been named Brendon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,382 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Brendon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brendon was most common in Louisiana, 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.