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Brandin

#12,305 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Brandin has been given to 2,889 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #12,305 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1988, with 125 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Brandin, 2025

1 in 663,000

Brandin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Brandin over time

In 2025, Brandin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Brandin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brandin means

Brandin is a given name.

The naming story behind Brandin

Wikidata records Brandin as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98651329, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,752 boys were recorded with the name Brandin between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 125 in 1988; its best national rank was #850 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,342 in 2020 to #12,305 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,539 in 2015 to #12,305 in 2025.

In the United States, 137 girls were recorded with the name Brandin between 1974 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1981; its best national rank was #4,553 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Brandin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,305
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brandin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brandin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brandins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brandin was born before 1993 — so the typical Brandin is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
34.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
26.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,752
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 34.6% of all recorded uses (951).

Is Brandin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,963
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,766
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.0%
Peak was 1988 (125)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#850
1988

Spellings of Brandin

Brandin is not the most common spelling — Brandon is, with 62.8% against Brandin's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Brandin is used

Across 1910–2025, Brandin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 124,553 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 100,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Brandin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brandin around the world

Where Brandin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–2005
    #2,048
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1997–1997
    #543
    in 1997

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Brandin

People whose public names include Brandin, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Brandin in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Brandin. Linked forms have their own page here.

BrandanBrandenBrandon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Brandin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,305
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,963
Best rank ever
#850
1988
Peak year
1988
125 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,752
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,553
1981
Peak year
1981
16 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
137
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brandin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BraydinBraytonBraylinBraysonBradinBraedynBradleeBraxtynBraedonBraxtenBraedinBrannonBrandynBraulioBraelynBrandanBraylanBraydanBrantleeBrandyBrandoBraidenBradonBranson

Names with a curve like Brandin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Brandin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TerellJustenNikolausMartellSpenserJoshuahTyrelTavarisJovonRashardDontayNicholaus

Sibling names for Brandin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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