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Brandt

#3,673 in 2025Boys' name

Fire/ sword

Brandt has been given to 6,157 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #3,673 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 141 recorded.

Babies named Brandt, 2025

1 in 111,000

Brandt 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brandt: meaning, origin, and history

Fire/ sword

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brandt means

Brandt means “fire/ sword”, associated with -brand.

Origin, language, and formation

Brandt is used in German.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,119 boys were recorded with the name Brandt between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 141 in 2007; its best national rank was #874 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,192 in 2020 to #3,673 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,463 in 2015 to #3,673 in 2025.

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Brandt between 1980 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1983; its best national rank was #7,383 in 1983.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Brandt?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,673
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brandt 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 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brandt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brandts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brandt was born before 1996 — so the typical Brandt is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
19.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,974
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 19.5% of all recorded uses (1,196).

Is Brandt 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
−397
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,481
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,210
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.26×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
21.3%
Peak was 2007 (141)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#874
1984

Spellings of Brandt

Brandt is not the most common spelling — Brandon is, with 45.9% against Brandt's 0.36%.

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 Brandt is used

Across 2016–2025, Brandt was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 51,088 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 25,000
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 25,000
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5Georgia1 in 50,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 50,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8California1 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.

Brandt around the world

Where Brandt 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
    1992–2023
    #2,747
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1957–1995
    #533
    in 1995

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 Brandt

People whose public names include Brandt, 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.

Brandt by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,673
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,481
Best rank ever
#874
1984
Peak year
2007
141 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,119
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,383
1983
Peak year
1983
8 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
1988
All-time count
38
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brandt

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

BradynBradlyBrandanBraulioBraidenBrandyBrayanBrandynBrannonBransonBrandoBradonBraedonBrantBradleeBraysonBraylinBraylenBrandinBraedenBraydonBraytonBraedynBranch

Names with a curve like Brandt

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

BrittonTyeBroderickKendellEfrenRamseyMarcellAlainJosefLazaroTyrusAbdul

Sibling names for Brandt

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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