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How popular is the name Brendan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brendans are alive today.
Brendan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1613th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 216 babies were given the name, the 161st most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak. Brendan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Brenden and Brendon; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Brendan you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Brendans born in England and Wales are between 20 and 32, and there are at least 5,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Brendan.
How many babies are named Brendan each year?
Includes all spellings: Brendan, Brenden, Brendon. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Brendan spelling rank?
Where does the Brenden spelling rank?
Where does the Brendon 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 Brendan most popular?
Brendan peaked in 1998, when 289 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Brendan?
At least 5,700 people named Brendan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brendan?
Most living Brendans are between 20 and 32; the most common age is about 27.
Is Brendan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.