NameTides

Brandon

Brandon was the #261 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,326 babies), and #822 in England & Wales and #515 in Canada.

Brandon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Brandon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Brandon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#261 (1,326)#822 (39)#560 (5)—#676 (4)#515 (57)—
2024#230 (1,562)#664 (56)#727 (3)#305 (5)#520 (6)#525 (54)—
2023#219 (1,665)#738 (45)#614 (4)—#516 (6)#387 (75)—
2022#210 (1,777)#610 (60)#392 (8)#285 (6)#407 (9)#361 (86)—
2021#181 (2,135)#539 (72)#286 (14)#266 (7)#279 (16)#376 (82)—
2020#165 (2,312)#406 (100)#350 (10)#392 (3)#250 (19)#316 (101)—
2019#141 (2,686)#385 (112)#355 (9)#418 (3)#295 (15)#229 (157)—
2018#124 (3,214)#331 (139)#288 (13)#215 (9)#247 (20)#235 (152)—
2017#114 (3,497)#303 (165)#264 (17)#279 (6)#305 (14)#198 (194)—
2016#99 (4,101)#247 (216)#215 (23)#320 (5)#245 (20)#169 (223)—
2015#83 (5,128)#212 (266)#200 (26)#342 (4)#190 (30)#148 (253)—
2014#71 (5,856)#211 (269)#150 (39)#191 (12)#151 (43)#147 (265)—
2013#70 (6,235)#165 (343)#167 (33)#180 (13)#127 (49)#131 (309)—
2012#56 (7,041)#156 (382)#118 (54)#181 (13)#148 (47)#123 (319)—
2011#47 (7,821)#118 (538)#138 (43)#118 (24)#170 (40)#118 (345)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #13.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brandon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brandon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #321WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #225MINew York: #233NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #230NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #338INOhio: #234OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #279NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #226CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #305CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #281MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #221MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #174LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #163ALGeorgia: #200GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #230TXFlorida: #228FL
Brandon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#4639
Ontario2024#67617

Brandon (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrandonCanadaGirls—too few
BrandonCanadaBoys#51557
BrandonEngland & WalesBoys#82239
Brandon-England & WalesBoys—too few
BrandonIrelandBoys#6764
BrandonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrandonNSWBoys—too few
BrandonScotlandBoys#5605
BrandonUSGirls—too few
BrandonUSBoys#2611,326