Brandin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-din
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Brandin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill covered in broom”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Brandin mean?
English: spelling of Brandon
“hill covered in broom”
A spelling of Brandon, from English places such as Brandon in Suffolk, named for a hill covered in broom.
Is Brandin a girl's or a boy's name?
Brandin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brandin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Brandin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1988, with 125 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Brandin in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,387 boys in the US were given Brandin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 23% of the babies named Brandin in the US in 1976, and 4% in 1991.
Brandin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,773 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,380 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,395 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,221 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,301 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,375 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,067 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,034 |
| 1991 | 111 | #1,019 |
| 1990 | 104 | #1,033 |
| 1989 | 117 | #937 |
| 1988 | 125 | #849 |
| 1987 | 95 | #967 |
| 1986 | 104 | #892 |
| 1985 | 98 | #917 |
| 1984 | 88 | #938 |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,022 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,209 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Brandin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Brennan, Braden, Brody, Cannon, Deacon, Devin, Kenan, Kody, Keenan, Aiden
Other spellings of Brandin
Names related to Brandin
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Brandin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brandin, updated 20 October 2026.