girls:
72 births since 1989
#5644 (1st percentile)
boys:
76 births since 1980
#4510 (2nd percentile)
overall:
148 births since 1980
#7591 (2nd percentile)
The name Brenn is the #7,591 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 148 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,510 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 76 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,644 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 72 births since 1989.
Brenn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Brenn is available in 22 out of the 43 years between 1980 and 2022 (14 years for boys and 12 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 Brenn is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Brenn were girls.
For boys, Brenn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #915) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
For girls, Brenn reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #820) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brenn".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Brenn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Brenn is pronounced as brehn, which has 1 syllables.
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