# Brennen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brennen/  
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 | 9,217 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,039 / 178 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Compare Brennan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 13,819 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,379 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,558 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,412 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9,472 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,821 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,137 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12,986 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,388 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,782 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,622 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,476 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,932 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,005 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 306 | 740 |
| 2012 | 302 | 757 |
| 2013 | 192 | 1,014 |
| 2014 | 153 | 1,202 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,261 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,391 |
| 2017 | 88 | 1,749 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,148 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,977 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,350 |
| 2021 | 53 | 2,507 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,110 |
| 2023 | 34 | 3,428 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,623 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,882 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## 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.