Brandt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRANT
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Brandt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “fire, burning”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Brandt mean?
Germanic: German and Scandinavian surname
“fire, burning”
Willy Brandt, West German chancellor from 1969 to 1974, won the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize.
Is Brandt a girl's or a boy's name?
Brandt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brandt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Brandt, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 141 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brandt than any year since 1961.
Half of all the boys named Brandt in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were given Brandt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,889, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Brant 35
- Brandt 30
Brandt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,788 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,463 |
| 2014 | 128 | #1,344 |
| 2013 | 131 | #1,315 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,391 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,404 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,438 |
| 2009 | 132 | #1,314 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 141 | #1,246 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,367 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,361 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,196 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,381 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,094 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,128 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,005 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,014 |
| 1996 | 107 | #1,110 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,078 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,328 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,076 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,089 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,009 |
| 1989 | 115 | #948 |
| 1988 | 118 | #874 |
| 1987 | 96 | #960 |
| 1986 | 97 | #924 |
| 1985 | 93 | #946 |
| 1984 | 101 | #874 |
| 1983 | 99 | #884 |
| 1982 | 102 | #884 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,073 |
| 1980 | 81 | #1,004 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 86 | #932 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 73 | #973 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,042 |
| 1974 | 78 | #919 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,032 |
| 1971 | 70 | #976 |
| 1970 | 85 | #875 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,165 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,016 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,226 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Brandt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Brayden Brennan Keegan Braden Finn Brady Quinn Bryan Declan Cody Ryan
Other spellings of Brandt
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Brandt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brandt, updated 20 October 2026.