Brendell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Brendell has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1953, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.
Babies named Brendell, 1955
1 in 803,000
Brendell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Brendell over time
In 1986, Brendell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Brendell?
Brendell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1955, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1955
- 1 in 803,000
- 5 of 4,014,099 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 391,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1955
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 556,473 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Brendell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1955 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 556,473 children born in 1955 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brendell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Brendells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Brendell was born before 1954 — so the typical Brendell is around 71 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 100.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 19
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (19).
Is Brendell 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1953 (7)
- Years since peak
- 72
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 14.3% average annual change
Spellings of Brendell
Brendell is not the most common spelling — Kendell is, with 42.8% against Brendell's 0.42%.
Brendell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Brendell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Brendell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.