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Branda

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Branda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
197336 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1945
1,097people given the name
Babies named Branda, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,097 girls have been named Branda in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 36 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Branda
1940s11
1950s99
1960s192
1970s272
1980s258
1990s188
2000s77

In 1973, its biggest year

Branda was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.

Names that rose and fell with Branda

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.