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Brandon
Pronounced /ˈbɹændən/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1985 · #664
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:1,553 in 2024 (#230)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Brandon in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1985 with 273 babies, ranked #664.
- It first shows up in the records in 1954.
- 4,145 girls have been named Brandon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brandon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 58 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 994 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,569 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 488 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 36 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton. ==== Proper noun ==== Brandon An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage. Any of some towns and villages in England: A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2339).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American usage, variant of Brendan.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɹændən/
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