Boys' name · peaked in 1998
Brendon name popularity since 1925
20,103 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brendon. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Brendon is about 29 years old in 2026. Brendon peaked in 1998 as the #318 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,103
- Named Brendon, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,683 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 22 girls · 20,081 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.08× its national share
Peak year is the year Brendon made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brendon births per year, 1925–2025
1998 was the biggest year for Brendon both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1971 and 1976, Brendon became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 17,000 baby boys to 1 in 9,070.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby boys fell by 60%, from 1 in 4,270 to 1 in 10,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brendon's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brendon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brendon in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 19 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 26 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 69 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 443 | #1,564 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,465 | #594 |
| 1980s | 17 | 3,173 | #486 |
| 1990s | 5 | 6,833 | #379 |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,660 | #470 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,016 | #1,116 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 369 | #2,683 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.3% of babies named Brendon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Brendon is most popular
The index compares Brendon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brendon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.08× | 853 |
| Utah | 2.08× | 304 |
| Colorado | 1.52× | 322 |
| Arizona | 1.48× | 331 |
| Michigan | 1.36× | 893 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brendon and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brendon (this page) | 20,081 | 1998 |
| Brendan | 91,658 | 1999 |
| Brenden | 25,715 | 2000 |
| Brendyn | 1,407 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brendon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brendon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brendon (1998).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data