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Brandyn

#7,260 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Brandyn has been given to 5,206 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #7,260 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 259 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Brandyn, 2025

1 in 301,000

Brandyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Brandyn over time

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

19682025

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.

Brandyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brandyn means

Brandyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Brandyn

Wikidata records Brandyn as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q63144692, 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, 4,764 boys were recorded with the name Brandyn between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 259 in 1992; its best national rank was #638 in 1992.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,486 in 2020 to #7,260 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,724 in 2015 to #7,260 in 2025.

In the United States, 442 girls were recorded with the name Brandyn between 1969 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 47 in 1974; its best national rank was #1,850 in 1974.

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 Brandyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,260
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brandyn 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brandyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brandyns were born

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

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
43.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,764
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 43.0% of all recorded uses (2,048).

Is Brandyn 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
+1,141
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,774
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,536
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.25×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.2%
Peak was 1992 (259)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#638
1992

Spellings of Brandyn

Brandyn is not the most common spelling — Brandon is, with 46.5% against Brandyn's 0.29%.

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 Brandyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Brandyn was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 54,172 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4Ohio1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 50,000
  7. 7New York1 in 50,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 50,000

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. Brandyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Brandyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Brandyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Brandyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brandyn around the world

Where Brandyn 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.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2012
    #3,987
    in 2012
  • Scotland
    1997–2013
    #590
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2007–2007
    #629
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–2010
    #2,163
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1992–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Brandyn

People whose public names include Brandyn, 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.

Brandyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,260
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,774
Best rank ever
#638
1992
Peak year
1992
259 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,764
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,850
1974
Peak year
1974
47 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
442
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brandyn

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

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Names with a curve like Brandyn

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

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Sibling names for Brandyn

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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