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How popular is the name Brandon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brandons are alive today.
Brandon (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 822nd in 2025 with 39 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 2,298 babies were given the name, the 34th most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 28,000 babies have been named Brandon in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Brandon is one spelling of a name also recorded as Brandan; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Brandon you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Brandons born in England and Wales are between 21 and 29, and there are at least 33,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Brandon.
How many babies are named Brandon each year?
Includes all spellings: Brandon, Brandan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Brandon spelling rank?
Where does the Brandan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Brandon most popular?
Brandon peaked in 1999, when 2,349 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Brandon?
At least 33,000 people named Brandon in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brandon?
Most living Brandons are between 21 and 29; the most common age is about 27.
Is Brandon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.