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Brennen

#4,881 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Brennen has been given to 9,217 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #4,881 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 455 recorded.

Babies named Brennen, 2025

1 in 166,000

Brennen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brennen: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brennen means

Brennen is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Brennen is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,039 boys were recorded with the name Brennen between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 455 in 2009; its best national rank was #534 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,349 in 2020 to #4,881 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,261 in 2015 to #4,881 in 2025.

In the United States, 178 girls were recorded with the name Brennen between 1976 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,441 in 2007.

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 Brennen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,881
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brennen 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 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brennen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brennens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brennen was born before 2003 — so the typical Brennen is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,039
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (3,664).

Is Brennen 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
−1,260
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,532
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,620
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.14×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.4%
Peak was 2009 (455)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#534
1998

Spellings of Brennen

Brennen is not the most common spelling — Brendan is, with 36.8% against Brennen's 3.6%.

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 Brennen is used

Across 2016–2025, Brennen was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 66,441 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

13 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 33,333
  2. 2Colorado1 in 50,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 50,000
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 50,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 50,000
  8. 8South Carolina1 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.

Brennen around the world

Where Brennen 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
    1996–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1991–2017
    #2,944
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1992–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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

Brennen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,881
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,532
Best rank ever
#534
1998
Peak year
2009
455 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,039
Count in 2025
20

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,441
2007
Peak year
2007
17 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
178
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brennen

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

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Names with a curve like Brennen

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

DevenDevynTyshawnJordenDallinMaximillianJovanyDashawnShamarNikhilKeyonKolby

Sibling names for Brennen

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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