Brendon
Brendon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. Its best rank was 318th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1998868 births
- Best rank
- #318in 1998
- Since 1927
- 20,033people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,033 boys have been named Brendon in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 868 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Brendon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | |
| 1930s | 19 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 69 | |
| 1960s | 443 | |
| 1970s | 1,466 | |
| 1980s | 3,172 | |
| 1990s | 6,833 | |
| 2000s | 5,660 | |
| 2010s | 2,016 | |
| 2020s | 321 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Brendon was the 318th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Brendon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brendanpeak 1999
- Devinpeak 1998
- Trevorpeak 1998
- Johnathenpeak 1998
- Garrettpeak 2000
- Jonathenpeak 2000
- Devonpeak 1997
- Nicklaspeak 2002
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.