# Brandon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brandon/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “broom shrub”, “hill”, “dune” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹændən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Branden |
| US babies named this | 774,654 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 770,509 / 4,145 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26,444, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton.

## What it means

Brandon is grouped under mountain.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25 | 4,964 |
| 2004 | 59 | 2,750 |
| 2005 | 30 | 4,501 |
| 2006 | 23 | 5,742 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,101 |
| 2008 | 14 | 8,599 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,089 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,338 |
| 2011 | 16 | 7,494 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,880 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,022 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,833 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,117 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,821 | 47 |
| 2012 | 7,041 | 56 |
| 2013 | 6,235 | 70 |
| 2014 | 5,856 | 71 |
| 2015 | 5,128 | 83 |
| 2016 | 4,101 | 99 |
| 2017 | 3,497 | 114 |
| 2018 | 3,214 | 124 |
| 2019 | 2,686 | 141 |
| 2020 | 2,312 | 165 |
| 2021 | 2,135 | 181 |
| 2022 | 1,777 | 210 |
| 2023 | 1,665 | 219 |
| 2024 | 1,562 | 230 |
| 2025 | 1,326 | 261 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 538 | 118 |
| 2012 | 382 | 156 |
| 2013 | 343 | 165 |
| 2014 | 269 | 211 |
| 2015 | 266 | 212 |
| 2016 | 216 | 247 |
| 2017 | 165 | 303 |
| 2018 | 139 | 331 |
| 2019 | 112 | 385 |
| 2020 | 100 | 406 |
| 2021 | 72 | 539 |
| 2022 | 60 | 610 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 56 | 664 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بْرَانْدُون
- Chinese: 布蘭登 /布兰登
- Georgian: ბრენდონი
- Japanese: ブランドン
- Korean: 브랜돈
- Russian: Брэ́ндон, Брэндон
- Dutch: Brandon
- French: Brandon
- Greek: Μπράντον, Βράνδωνας, Βράνδων
- Italian: Brandon
- Spanish: Brandon

## People named Brandon

- Brandon Lee, American actor (1965–1993)
- Brandon Sanderson, American fantasy writer (born 1975)
- Brandon Routh, American actor
- Brandon Hardesty, American actor
- Brandon Flynn, American actor
- Brandon Flowers, American indie rock singer
- Brandon Roy, American basketball player and coach (born 1984)
- Brandon Mechele, Belgian footballer
- Brandon T. Jackson, American actor, comedian and rapper
- Brandon Ingram, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Brandon Williams, English association football player
- Brandon Jennings, American basketball player (born 1989)

## 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.