Brennen Boy
How popular is Brennen?
#4,856 boy name in 2025
20 baby boys were named Brennen in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
Brennen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,856 for boys (▼ 1253 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 20 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-86% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,259 in 2015, #2,346 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (455 boys) |
| Highest rank | #534 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brennen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brennan family of names ranked #842 for boys in 2025 (#836 the year before), with 267 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 Brennen is most popular
Babies named Brennen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Brennen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42 | #2,906 |
| 1970s | 166 | #1,904 |
| 1980s | 655 | #854 |
| 1990s | 2,442 | #534 |
| 2000s | 3,664 | #548 |
| 2010s | 1,836 | #629 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,346 |
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Questions
- Is Brennen a boy or girl name?
- Brennen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brennen were boys.
- How popular is the name Brennen?
- 20 baby boys were named Brennen in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
- When was Brennen most popular?
- Brennen peaked in 2009, when 455 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #534 in 1998.
- How many people are named Brennen?
- 9,217 babies have been named Brennen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,021 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Brennen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brennen was most common in California, at 0.0 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.