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Brenda
Pronounced /ˈbɹɛndə/
Rank in 2024
#1,138
Born in 2024
212
Peak year
1957 · #13
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 212 girls were named Brenda, about 1 in every 7,609.
- It peaked in 1957 with 24,338 babies, ranked #13.
- It first shows up in the records in 1897.
- 608,331 girls have been named Brenda since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brenda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 2.4Silent1928–45
- 10.7Boomers1946–64
- 4.3Gen X1965–80
- 1.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 567 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 50,147 babies, 2.43 per 1,000. Boomers: 381,738 babies, 10.66 per 1,000. Gen X: 110,003 babies, 4.31 per 1,000. Millennials: 40,156 babies, 1.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 22,459 babies, 0.77 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,254 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Possibly from Old Norse brandr (“sword”); by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan. Its use as a nickname for Queen Elizabeth II originated in Private Eye in reaction to a perceived attempt by the royals to appear less distant and upper class.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɹɛndə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brenda, CC BY-SA 4.0.