Brandyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-din
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Brandyn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill covered in broom”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Brandyn 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 Brandyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Brandyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brandyn in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brandyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brandyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 2 | #3,848 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 2 | #3,734 |
How popular is Brandyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Brandyn, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 259 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Brandyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,387 boys in the US were given Brandyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
In 1974, 76% of the babies named Brandyn in the US were girls. By 2017 it was 13%, with more boys than girls since 1980.
Brandyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,593 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,427 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,423 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,172 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,220 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,026 |
| 2000 | 154 | #971 |
| 1999 | 182 | #829 |
| 1998 | 193 | #789 |
| 1997 | 175 | #826 |
| 1996 | 195 | #755 |
| 1995 | 216 | #724 |
| 1994 | 232 | #680 |
| 1993 | 231 | #674 |
| 1992 | 259 | #638 |
| 1991 | 207 | #699 |
| 1990 | 158 | #805 |
| 1989 | 165 | #769 |
| 1988 | 151 | #766 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 |
| 1986 | 136 | #777 |
| 1985 | 106 | #882 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
Names like Brandyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Aiden Brayden Declan Keegan Brogan Finn Conan Bryn Kayden Kian Ronan
Other spellings of Brandyn
Names related to Brandyn
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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, “Brandyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brandyn, updated 20 October 2026.