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Brennen

Gender
Boy
US rank, 2025
#4,856 for boys

Brennen is a boys' name, meaning “descendant of Braonán”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Brennen mean?

Spelling of Brennan

“descendant of Braonán”

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

Meaning borrowed from Brennan. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Brennen a girl's or a boy's name?

Brennen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Brennen in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 boys.

1996Busiest: 4 in 19962021
Brennen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20213#4,989
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20111#6,218
20100–
20090–
20084#3,836
20073#4,486
20064#3,522
20052#5,064
20040–
20031#4,616
20020–
20012#4,101
20003#3,146
19990–
19980–
19970–
19964#2,442

How popular is Brennen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,856among boys
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Brennen, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 455 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brennen than any year since 1978.

Half of all the boys named Brennen in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 267 boys in the US were given Brennen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #830, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.

1962Busiest: 455 in 20092025
Brennen in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202520#4,856
202431#3,603
202334#3,414
202239#3,098
202153#2,498
202057#2,346
201974#1,973
201865#2,146
201788#1,746
2016126#1,389
2015143#1,259
2014153#1,201
2013192#1,014
2012302#757
2011306#740
2010387#629
2009455#580
2008375#650
2007366#654
2006292#732
2005326#659
2004337#627
2003400#560
2002367#583
2001362#571
2000384#548
1999341#573
1998378#534
1997322#575
1996254#655
1995250#660
1994242#667
1993185#768
1992180#777
1991159#815
1990131#894
1989135#861
1988123#854
198793#981
198660#1,241
198554#1,303
198451#1,293
198337#1,593
198245#1,414
198121#2,337
198036#1,619
197927#1,943
197817#2,567
197726#1,904
197617#2,507
197524#1,947
197412#2,944
19737#4,052
19728#3,620
197111#2,971
197017#2,212
19698#3,313
19689#2,906
19670–
19667#3,247
19657#3,242
19640–
19635#4,047
19626#3,638

Names like Brennen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aiden Kayden Brody Brayden Finn Declan Ronan Keegan Conan Brogan Kian Conlan

Other spellings of Brennen

Brennan Brennon Brenin

Names related to Brennen

Brenan Brennyn Brenen Brannen

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, “Brennen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brennen, updated 20 October 2026.