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Brando

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Brando is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
260.00% of boys
Peak year
2005104 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1955
2,085people given the name
Babies named Brando, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,085 boys have been named Brando in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 104 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Brando
1950s12
1970s83
1980s188
1990s459
2000s794
2010s426
2020s123

In 2005, its biggest year

Brando was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.

Names that rose and fell with Brando

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.