Brenda

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language.

From Wikipedia

Brenda first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 15 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 178 babies (rank #69 that year). It was not in the 2025 data.

Numerology of Brenda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brenda yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,210
Total babies (all years)
15
Years in the data
178
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195270#96
195381#89
195485#86
195579#93
195888#92
196041#108
1961142#86
1962178#69
1963152#74
196470#104
196550#104
196641#107
196742#110
196842#115
196949#106