Brandan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-den
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Brandan is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Brandan mean?
English: spelling of Brandon, or of Brendan
Usually a spelling of Brandon; Brandan is also an old form of Brendan, the Irish saint famed for a legendary voyage.
Is Brandan a girl's or a boy's name?
Brandan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brandan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brandan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Brandan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 40 | #738 |
| 2005 | 49 | #605 |
| 2004 | 48 | #592 |
| 2003 | 35 | #686 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 46 | #498 |
| 2000 | 53 | #450 |
| 1999 | 51 | #475 |
| 1998 | 43 | #509 |
| 1997 | 39 | #525 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Brandan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Brandan, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 263 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had more boys named Brandan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Brandan in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,387 boys in the US were given Brandan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Brandan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,825 |
| 2007 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 87 | #1,638 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,307 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,252 |
| 2002 | 121 | #1,166 |
| 2001 | 155 | #986 |
| 2000 | 185 | #857 |
| 1999 | 212 | #752 |
| 1998 | 210 | #758 |
| 1997 | 189 | #780 |
| 1996 | 227 | #699 |
| 1995 | 228 | #697 |
| 1994 | 213 | #717 |
| 1993 | 263 | #636 |
| 1992 | 248 | #660 |
| 1991 | 251 | #642 |
| 1990 | 186 | #741 |
| 1989 | 205 | #689 |
| 1988 | 168 | #726 |
| 1987 | 190 | #661 |
| 1986 | 189 | #648 |
| 1985 | 176 | #665 |
| 1984 | 137 | #742 |
| 1983 | 102 | #867 |
| 1982 | 94 | #920 |
| 1981 | 109 | #841 |
| 1980 | 88 | #957 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
Names like Brandan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brogan Keegan Declan Conan Regan Brody Brayden Conlan Ronan Aiden Keelan Keenan
Other spellings of Brandan
Names related to Brandan
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brandan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brandan, updated 20 October 2026.