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Brandon

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~744,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#261 among boys
Births in 2025
1,326 774,654 since 1880
Typical age
32 years, median

Brandon popularity over time

Brandon rank by birth year, 1914–2025Brandon ranked #1,975 in 1914 and #261 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1992.#10#100#1,000#261best #6 in 1992192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1914–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1992 is the peak year for Brandon, with 29,724 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1914. Brandon has spent 46 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #261, on 1,326 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 74%. It slipped 31 places against the previous year.

Babies named Brandon per yearPeaks at 29,724 births in 1992.29,724 in 19920192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Brandon?

About 744,700 people named Brandon are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 774,654 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Brandon?

Half of living Brandons are older than 32, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Brandon a millennial-era name.

Your Brandon

Ages of living people named BrandonHalf of living Brandons are older than 32 and half younger.median 32020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Brandon is most common

Delaware uses the name 2.0× as often as the country as a whole. Louisiana, Mississippi and Nevada follow.

Where Brandon is used more than average5 states use the name Brandon more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 1.8× the national rateLAMississippi: 1.8× the national rateMSAlabama: 1.7× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Brandon is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 78 2.0×
Louisiana 519 1.8×
Mississippi 280 1.8×
Nevada 266 1.7×
Alabama 487 1.7×

Brandon in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Brandon ranked #822 in 2025 on 39 births. That is 61% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Brandon comes from

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Brandon

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Brandon Lee American actor 1965–1993 59
Brandon Sanderson American fantasy writer 1975 48
Brandon Routh American actor 1979 43
Brandon Hardesty American actor 1987 39
Brandon Flowers American indie rock singer 1981 37
Brandon Flynn American actor 1993 37
Brandon Roy American basketball player and coach 1984 34
Brandon Mechele Belgian footballer 1993 34
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,131 in 1969 to 2,581 in 1970 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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