Brennon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BREN-on
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Brennon is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Brennon mean?
Irish: spelling of Brennan, an Irish surname
A spelling of Brennan, from the Irish surname Ó Braonáin.
Is Brennon a girl's or a boy's name?
Brennon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brennon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Brennon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Brennon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Brennon, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 189 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer boys named Brennon than any year since 1978.
Half of all the boys named Brennon in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 boys in the US were given Brennon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #830, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Brennon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 2013 | 95 | #1,612 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,419 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 168 | #1,119 |
| 2009 | 189 | #1,027 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,115 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,171 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,194 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,322 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,204 |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,048 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,059 |
| 2001 | 158 | #972 |
| 2000 | 152 | #975 |
| 1999 | 174 | #865 |
| 1998 | 161 | #897 |
| 1997 | 150 | #907 |
| 1996 | 141 | #924 |
| 1995 | 130 | #967 |
| 1994 | 117 | #1,022 |
| 1993 | 117 | #1,011 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,115 |
| 1991 | 89 | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,471 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,200 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
Names like Brennon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Brody Brayden Conan Declan Aiden Keegan Brogan Kian Conlan Kayden
Other spellings of Brennon
Names related to Brennon
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
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, “Brennon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brennon, updated 20 October 2026.