# Brandan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brandan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,776 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,680 / 96 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 557, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 8 | 6,314 |
| 1976 | 11 | 5,246 |
| 1977 | 8 | 6,950 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,667 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,491 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,350 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,446 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,605 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5,392 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,209 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,502 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,023 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,667 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,720 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,197 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,545 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,567 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,974 |
| 2017 | 19 | 4,964 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,105 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,015 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,064 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,946 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,623 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,034 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,606 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,753 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 41 | 516 |
| 2003 | 33 | 653 |
| 2004 | 40 | 599 |
| 2005 | 44 | 605 |
| 2006 | 35 | 733 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,079 |
| 2008 | 21 | 1,156 |
| 2009 | 24 | 1,067 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,407 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |

## People named Brandan

- Brandan Wright, American basketball player
- Brandan Craig, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.