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Brandon
Pronounced /ˈbɹændən/
Rank in 2024
#230
Born in 2024
1,553
Peak year
1992 · #6
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,553 boys were named Brandon, about 1 in every 1,105.
- It peaked in 1992 with 29,627 babies, ranked #6.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 769,149 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 3.0Gen X1965–80
- 13.4Millennials1981–96
- 7.6Gen Z1997–12
- 1.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 177 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 183 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,429 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 82,353 babies, 3.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 406,831 babies, 13.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 237,030 babies, 7.55 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 40,146 babies, 1.85 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/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brandon, CC BY-SA 4.0.