Recorded 1956–2025 · United States
Brenden was most popular in 2000, when 1,394 American babies were given the name — ranking #468 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 25,757 people named Brenden.
Brenden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1956, which makes it about 69 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 70 of the 70 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 25,757 American births named Brenden 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 25,113 are estimated to be alive today.
43 American babies were named Brenden in 2025, ranking #6,196 that year.
Brenden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 68 births a year, against 426 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -84% 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 Brenden is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 25,757 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% 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 25,113 Americans named Brenden are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 19 and 30. That is a narrow band: Brenden arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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