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Brendan
Rank in 2024
#1,011
Born in 2024
221
Peak year
1999 · #96
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 221 boys were named Brendan, about 1 in every 7,762.
- It peaked in 1999 with 3,994 babies, ranked #96.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 91,612 boys have been named Brendan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brendan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 1.0Millennials1981–96
- 1.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 215 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 578 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,405 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,239 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Millennials: 30,517 babies, 1.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 41,320 babies, 1.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,338 babies, 0.29 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized form of the name of Irish saints, Irish Bréanainn (via Latin Brendanus), from Old Irish Brénainn, from Old Welsh breenhin (“prince, king”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) preeminent, outstanding”), a diminutive of *brigantī (“high, exalted”). Doublet of Brian.
- A male given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brendan, CC BY-SA 4.0.