Brandan
- Pronunciation
- [Bran-dan]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Beacon On The Hill Or Gorse-Covered Hill.
- Origin
- English
Brandan Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,670 baby boys have been named Brandan. The name peaked in 1993 with 263 US births that year (rank #638). In 2024, ranked #12558 nationally — 11,920 places below its 1993 peak.
Top States for Brandan
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Brandan births are: California (509), New York (359), Ohio (267).
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Quick Facts About Brandan
US Popularity History (2000–2001)
Annual US births named Brandan by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 185 boys named Brandan (boy rank #859 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #987 for boys (155 US births). That's 128 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Brandan Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2000–2009 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Brandan the strongest states are Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #647 | 41 |
| 2 | New York | #793 | 76 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #795 | 31 |
| 4 | Ohio | #802 | 49 |
| 5 | Florida | #838 | 32 |
| 6 | Michigan | #857 | 26 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #857 | 26 |
| 2 | Florida | #838 | 32 |
| 3 | Ohio | #802 | 49 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #795 | 31 |
| 5 | New York | #793 | 76 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #647 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2009. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Brandan in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Brandan against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).