Brandon
Boy · BRAN-don · English
Brandon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill covered in broom”. In 2025 it ranked 820th for boys in the UK (44 babies) and 261st for boys in the US (1,326 babies).
What does Brandon mean?
English: place name and surname
“hill covered in broom”
From English places named Brandon, such as Brandon in Suffolk.
- Say it
- BRAN-don
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Is Brandon a girl's or a boy's name?
Brandon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the UK and 1,326 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brandon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #820among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were named Brandon, making it the 820th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 416th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 2,513 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Brandon since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Brandon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#86) and 2004 (#44).
Brandon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #820 |
| 2024 | 64 | #650 |
| 2023 | 49 | #760 |
| 2022 | 74 | #573 |
| 2021 | 93 | #490 |
| 2020 | 113 | #416 |
| 2019 | 124 | #394 |
| 2018 | 161 | #332 |
| 2017 | 188 | #304 |
| 2016 | 244 | #250 |
| 2015 | 296 | #215 |
| 2014 | 320 | #204 |
| 2013 | 389 | #163 |
| 2012 | 449 | #148 |
| 2011 | 605 | #119 |
| 2010 | 772 | #97 |
| 2009 | 895 | #84 |
| 2008 | 1,147 | #70 |
| 2007 | 1,296 | #65 |
| 2006 | 1,499 | #55 |
| 2005 | 1,579 | #47 |
| 2004 | 1,697 | #43 |
| 2003 | 1,889 | #41 |
| 2002 | 2,032 | #38 |
| 2001 | 2,117 | #36 |
| 2000 | 2,424 | #33 |
| 1999 | 2,513 | #34 |
| 1998 | 2,332 | #40 |
| 1997 | 2,382 | #39 |
| 1996 | 1,416 | #56 |
How popular is Brandon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #261among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,326about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,326 boys in the US were named Brandon, making it the 261st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 165th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 29,628 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 31 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brandon than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Brandon in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brandon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,326 | #261 |
| 2024 | 1,562 | #230 |
| 2023 | 1,665 | #219 |
| 2022 | 1,777 | #210 |
| 2021 | 2,135 | #181 |
| 2020 | 2,312 | #165 |
| 2019 | 2,686 | #141 |
| 2018 | 3,214 | #124 |
| 2017 | 3,497 | #114 |
| 2016 | 4,101 | #99 |
| 2015 | 5,128 | #83 |
| 2014 | 5,856 | #71 |
| 2013 | 6,235 | #70 |
| 2012 | 7,041 | #56 |
| 2011 | 7,821 | #47 |
| 2010 | 8,549 | #44 |
| 2009 | 9,848 | #38 |
| 2008 | 11,482 | #33 |
| 2007 | 12,148 | #31 |
| 2006 | 12,686 | #27 |
| 2005 | 12,947 | #27 |
| 2004 | 14,135 | #22 |
| 2003 | 15,245 | #21 |
| 2002 | 16,282 | #20 |
| 2001 | 17,893 | #18 |
| 2000 | 20,337 | #12 |
| 1999 | 21,601 | #11 |
| 1998 | 23,832 | #7 |
| 1997 | 25,197 | #8 |
| 1996 | 25,847 | #8 |
| 1995 | 26,904 | #8 |
| 1994 | 29,492 | #6 |
| 1993 | 28,735 | #6 |
| 1992 | 29,628 | #6 |
| 1991 | 26,021 | #15 |
| 1990 | 22,163 | #19 |
| 1989 | 23,310 | #18 |
| 1988 | 23,744 | #17 |
| 1987 | 24,823 | #14 |
| 1986 | 27,254 | #13 |
| 1985 | 29,304 | #13 |
| 1984 | 25,673 | #15 |
| 1983 | 23,519 | #17 |
| 1982 | 20,212 | #18 |
| 1981 | 20,206 | #19 |
| 1980 | 14,161 | #31 |
| 1979 | 11,302 | #35 |
| 1978 | 9,241 | #40 |
| 1977 | 8,272 | #41 |
| 1976 | 7,786 | #40 |
| 1975 | 7,090 | #44 |
| 1974 | 5,859 | #51 |
| 1973 | 5,065 | #58 |
| 1972 | 4,625 | #63 |
| 1971 | 3,263 | #95 |
| 1970 | 2,544 | #131 |
| 1969 | 1,107 | #216 |
| 1968 | 759 | #263 |
| 1967 | 483 | #342 |
| 1966 | 397 | #379 |
| 1965 | 395 | #394 |
| 1964 | 303 | #455 |
| 1963 | 259 | #498 |
| 1962 | 194 | #566 |
| 1961 | 194 | #562 |
| 1960 | 185 | #574 |
| 1959 | 186 | #571 |
| 1958 | 132 | #664 |
| 1957 | 130 | #664 |
| 1956 | 168 | #586 |
| 1955 | 104 | #714 |
| 1954 | 162 | #579 |
| 1953 | 113 | #668 |
| 1952 | 76 | #804 |
| 1951 | 50 | #991 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,315 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
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