Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Brandon was most popular in 1992, when 29,724 American babies were given the name — ranking #9 that year. In 2025 it ranked #505, with 1,326 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 774,654 people named Brandon.
Brandon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 111 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 774,654 American births named Brandon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 742,912 are estimated to be alive today.
1,326 American babies were named Brandon in 2025, ranking #505 that year.
Brandon is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,693 births a year, against 6,426 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -74% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Brandon is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 774,654 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 742,912 Americans named Brandon are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 26 and 41.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Old English · "broom-covered hill"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org