girls:
116 births since 1975
#5600 (2nd percentile)
boys:
4.7k births since 1934
#1764 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1934
#3937 (49th percentile)
The name Brannon is the #3,937 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,799 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 49.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,764 (61.5% percentile) for all time with 4,683 births since 1934. For girls, it ranks #5,600 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 116 births since 1975.
Brannon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Brannon is available in 74 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (74 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Brannon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Brannon reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 20.7% percentile (ranked #540) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 79 births per million (ranked 20.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brannon ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 7.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brannon reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #770) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brannon".
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