Brenda

girls:

608.1k births since 1897

#43 (99th percentile)

boys:

2.1k births since 1939

#2732 (40th percentile)

overall:

610.2k births since 1897

#97 (99th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brenda".

1897 2023 18972023

Key Statistics

Total Births
608,103
Peak Births
24,337
Peak Year
1961
First Recorded
1897
Peak Percentile
98.7%
Current Percentile
18.1%
Peak Rank
#11
Current Rank
#776
Female statistics
Total Births
2,120
Peak Births
72
Peak Year
1961
First Recorded
1939
Peak Percentile
10.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#499
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Brenda

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Brenda. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Brenda is pronounced as BREHN-duh.

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BREHN-duh (2 syllables)
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100.0% confidence
B R EH1 N D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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BREH-nuh (2 syllables)
5 names 30.5k births
B R EH1 N AH0
BRIHN-duh (2 syllables)
2 names 2.3k births
B R IH1 N D AH0

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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