girls:
2.2k births since 1973
#3669 (36th percentile)
boys:
32.8k births since 1916
#627 (86th percentile)
overall:
35k births since 1916
#1339 (83rd percentile)
The name Brennan is the #1,339 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35,021 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 82.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #627 (86.3% percentile) for all time with 32,821 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #3,669 (35.8% percentile) for all time with 2,200 births since 1973.
Brennan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1973 for girls). Birth data for Brennan is available in 75 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (75 years for boys and 51 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 Brennan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.0% of babies named Brennan were boys.
For boys, Brennan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 73.4% percentile (ranked #240) with 690 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 690 births per million (ranked 73.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brennan ranks #704 for boys (22.7% percentile) with 116 births per million, which is 16.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brennan reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #892) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 47 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brennan ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 19.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brennan".
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