Bren
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Bren is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Bren come from?
Irish: short form of Brendan or Brennan
- Say it
- BREN
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Is Bren a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bren has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Bren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Bren, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer boys named Bren than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Bren in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
Names like Bren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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