Brando
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Brando is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “sword; flame”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Brando mean?
Germanic: Italian short form of names like Ildebrando
“sword; flame”
Made familiar as a first name by the American actor Marlon Brando, whose surname it was.
Is Brando a girl's or a boy's name?
Brando is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brando in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Brando, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Brando of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Brando in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Brando in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Brando, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 104 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had fewer boys named Brando than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Brando in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brando in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 96 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,562 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,410 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 70 | #1,736 |
| 2002 | 66 | #1,741 |
| 2001 | 68 | #1,695 |
| 2000 | 58 | #1,826 |
| 1999 | 56 | #1,775 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
Names like Brando
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Hugo Ronan Nico Finn Rowan Cody Logan Milo Luca Leonardo Enzo
Names related to Brando
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Brando: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brando, updated 20 October 2026.