# Brenden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brenden/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,757 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 25,715 / 42 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 253, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant spelling of Brendan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 9 | 7,195 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,673 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,719 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,707 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10,493 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,994 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 579 | 463 |
| 2012 | 533 | 499 |
| 2013 | 430 | 591 |
| 2014 | 345 | 706 |
| 2015 | 242 | 897 |
| 2016 | 204 | 999 |
| 2017 | 205 | 993 |
| 2018 | 170 | 1,135 |
| 2019 | 131 | 1,365 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,452 |
| 2021 | 104 | 1,621 |
| 2022 | 78 | 1,968 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,292 |
| 2024 | 54 | 2,508 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 1,248 |
| 2004 | 17 | 1,110 |
| 2005 | 16 | 1,246 |
| 2006 | 15 | 1,347 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1,749 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Brenden

- Brenden Aaronson, American soccer player
- Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey 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.