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Brenan

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Brenan first appears in the U.S. data in 1972 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 42 babies (rank #2,850 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

833

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1972	6	#4,497
1975	5	#5,568
1976	5	#5,699
1977	7	#4,644
1978	6	#5,136
1979	9	#4,111
1982	7	#5,084
1983	8	#4,557
1984	12	#3,488
1985	7	#5,208
1986	15	#3,148
1987	17	#2,960
1988	18	#2,978
1989	13	#4,043
1990	17	#3,482
1991	20	#3,120
1992	19	#3,347
1993	23	#2,952
1994	26	#2,775
1995	22	#3,108
1996	36	#2,258
1997	35	#2,352
1998	28	#2,863
1999	31	#2,729
2000	37	#2,533
2001	30	#2,996
2002	28	#3,194
2003	32	#2,999
2004	19	#4,441
2005	21	#4,212
2006	32	#3,313
2007	30	#3,521
2008	25	#4,051
2009	42	#2,850
2010	24	#4,118
2011	34	#3,245
2012	11	#7,128
2013	12	#6,656
2014	10	#7,623
2015	12	#6,725
2016	7	#9,815
2017	6	#10,971
2018	9	#8,254
2019	8	#9,018
2020	5	#12,292
2021	7	#9,862