Brandon Boy
How popular is Brandon?
#261 boy name in 2025
1,326 baby boys were named Brandon in the US in 2025, making it the 261st most popular boy name.
Brandon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #261 for boys (▼ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,326 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #83 in 2015, #165 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (29,628 boys) |
| Highest rank | #6 in 1992 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brandon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brandon family of names ranked #259 for boys in 2025 (#238 the year before), with 1,387 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brandon is most popular
Babies named Brandon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.9 per 1,000 (108 boys)
- Delaware: 1.8 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Alabama: 1.8 per 1,000 (197 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.8 per 1,000 (180 boys)
- Georgia: 1.5 per 1,000 (375 boys)
Brandon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 74 | #1,848 |
| 1920s | 125 | #1,911 |
| 1930s | 86 | #2,062 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,084 |
| 1950s | 1,175 | #571 |
| 1960s | 4,276 | #216 |
| 1970s | 65,047 | #35 |
| 1980s | 232,206 | #13 |
| 1990s | 259,420 | #6 |
| 2000s | 143,003 | #12 |
| 2010s | 54,128 | #44 |
| 2020s | 10,777 | #165 |
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Questions
- Is Brandon a boy or girl name?
- Brandon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brandon were boys.
- How popular is the name Brandon?
- 1,326 baby boys were named Brandon in the US in 2025, making it the 261st most popular boy name.
- When was Brandon most popular?
- Brandon peaked in 1992, when 29,628 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #6, held for 3 years starting in 1992.
- How many people are named Brandon?
- 774,654 babies have been named Brandon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 744,908 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Brandon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brandon was most common in Mississippi, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.