Brandon

Boy · recorded 1914–2025

  • #261in 2025
  • 1 in 1,288boys in 2025
  • −71%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1985.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

07,92815,85519141942197019972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 111 recorded years as a table
Brandon, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191417
191514
191618
191710
191815
191911
19208
19218
192213
192315
192411
19258
192615
192715
19288
192912
193011
193112
19329
193312
19346
19359
193612
19377
19386
19409
19418
19427
194312
194413
19457
19466
194717
194820
194924
195030
195127
195239
195357
195479
195550
195679
195760
195862
195987
196087
196191
196294
1963128
1964152
1965212
1966223
1967277
1968437
1969619
19701,369
19711,845
19722,852
19733,250
19743,726
19754,541
19764,962
19775,034
19785,628
19796,565
19807,938
198111,281
198211,139
198313,120
198414,224
198515,855
198614,800
198713,296
198812,404
198911,650
199010,790
199112,880
199214,833
199314,651
199415,265
199514,132
199613,645
199713,366
199812,469
199911,250
200010,355
20019,210
20028,386
20037,718
20047,121
20056,482
20066,172
20075,853
20085,628
20094,965
20104,456
20114,118
20123,712
20133,296
20143,049
20152,675
20162,161
20171,889
20181,770
20191,497
20201,339
20211,220
20221,018
2023973
2024907
2025776

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 2.2×
  2. Alabama 2.1×
  3. Louisiana 1.8×
  4. South Carolina 1.8×
  5. Georgia 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,326
Rank in 2025
#261
How rare
1 in 1,288 boys
Since 1914
770,509

Most popular in 1985, at 15,855 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 71% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi2.2×65
Alabama2.1×119
Louisiana1.8×93
South Carolina1.8×97
Georgia1.5×203

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.