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Brandon (given name)

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Brandon is a masculine given name representing a transferred use of the English surname Brandon.[1] The surname is toponymic in origin and may derive from any of various places in England named Brandon or Brundon.[2] The place name in most cases derives from Old English brōm dūn, meaning "broom hill". An exception is Brandon, Lincolnshire, where the first element is the river name Brant.[3]

Pronunciation/ˈbrændən/ BRAN-dən
GenderMale
LanguageOld English, Old Irish
Region of origin
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Brandon
Pronunciation/ˈbrændən/ BRAN-dən
GenderMale
LanguageOld English, Old Irish
Origin
Region of origin
Other names
Related namesBrendan, Brandy
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There is also an Irish surname that coincides in form with the English one. It derives from Irish (Mac) Breandáin, meaning "son of Breandán".[2]

The given name Brandy was likely invented as a feminine form of Brandon.[4]

Statistics

Australia

In Australia's most populated state, New South Wales, in the year 2009, Brandon did not crack the top 100 male, or top 100 female, names of babies registered in New South Wales.[5]

Canada

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the name ranked as the 66th most popular male name for the year 2007; it did not rank as a female name (to rank the name had to have been used by 5 or more occurrences).[6]

Chile

In Chile, the name has not cracked the top 50 male names in the years spanning 1999 to 2006; from 2003 to 2006 it was amongst the top 100 male names.

Rank and percent of the male name
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Year 1999[7]2000[8]2001[9]2002[10]2003[11]2004[12]2005[13]2006[14]
Rank >50>50>50>5062636770
Percent 0.180.170.160.14
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The Netherlands

In the year 2009, Brandon was the 160th most common male name, recorded in births, in the Netherlands; there were 67 occurrences of the name recorded that year.[15] The previous year the name ranked 159th, with 73 recorded occurrences.[16]

Republic of Ireland

Rank of male Irish baby births, and rank of male Irish names[17]
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Year 19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
Rank (births) 6789886792808563847475
Rank (total) 74676783707678987997101
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Sweden

In Sweden, there were 230 males registered in 2009 who had the first name Brandon; of these men, 170 recorded the name as a nickname.[18] In the years spanning 2002 to 2009, the name was not amongst the top 100 male, or female, baby names.[19]

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the name has risen in popularity since the mid-1990s.[20]

England and Wales

In England and Wales, in the year 2008, Brandon was the 70th most common male baby name, along with Breasen being a form of Brandon or meaning son of Brandon, with 1,011 occurrences recorded.[21] It had fallen in rank, slightly from the previous year when it was ranked 66th most common, with 1161 occurrences.[22] The name has dramatically fallen in popularity since 1998, when it was ranked 36th, with 2142 occurrences recorded.[23]

Rank and numbers of English and Welsh baby births
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Year 1998199920002001200220032004200520062007[22]2008[21]
Rank 3635353737404447546670
Count 1,1611,011
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Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, Brandon was not amongst the top 20 names of male, or female, babies born in the year 2009.[24] It did not crack the top 100 male, or the top 100 female, names registered in the two previous years either.[25][26] In 2002 the name was ranked 84 most common male baby name, falling drastically from 30th ranked name the year before.[27]

Rank and numbers of male Northern Irish baby births

The name did not rank amongst the top 100 male baby names in 2007 and 2008.[25][26]

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Year 1999[28]2000[28]2001[29]2002[27]2003[30]2004[31]2005[32]2006[33]2007[25]2008[26]
Rank 7059568488748997
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Count 4251543031403333
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Scotland

In Scotland, in the year 2009, the name was ranked as the 90th most common names for male babies, with 67 occurrences recorded. The name had dramatically fallen in popularity from the previous year. In the years 1998 and 1999, the name was the 46th most common name for male births, although the name has fallen in rank in almost every year since then.

Rank and percent of male Scottish baby births
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Year 1900[34]1950[35]1975[36]1997[37]1998[38]1999[39]2000[40]2001[41]2002[42]2003[43]2004[43]2005[44]2006[45]2007[46]2008[47]2009[48]
Rank >100>100>10053524646495361536165757190
Count >100>100>100149142173161153138138108110105889867
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United States

The name is, for the most part, found in North America. In 1982, the name was the 7th most common given name amongst African American males, and the 23rd most common name amongst White American males.[49] The name was ranked in the 1990 United States census as being the 68th most common name amongst males.[50]

The Social Security Administration website lists the top 1,000 American baby names for every year since 1879. In the year 1950, Brandon first reached the top 1,000 male names for babies who were registered for Social Security numbers for births. That year it was the 936th most common masculine name. From that year until the beginning of the 1990s, the name has, for the most part, risen in popularity with every successive year. It reached its peak in the years 1992, 1993, and 1994, when it was the 6th most popular name amongst male babies. The name has fallen in popularity in almost every year since then; in 2009, it was ranked the 38th most common name registered that year.[51]

Brandon is considered to be a very masculine name; however, in the United States it has also been used as a feminine name. In 1981, it reached the top 1,000 female names for babies who were registered for Social Security numbers for births; that year it was the 748th most common female name registered for births. The name stayed within the top 1,000 female names from 1981 to 1988, fluctuating in rank; it reached its peak in 1985, when it ranked 661st; in 1988, it ranked 990th.[51]

In 2009, the names Brandon and Bryan were ranked as the 15th most common names for male twins, according to Social Security number applications for births.[52]

Years when the name ranked amongst the top 1,000 American baby names

The following table lists the year and rank when Brandon ranked amongst the top 1,000 male, or the top 1,000 female, baby names in the United States.[51] If no rank is given in the table, then the name was not amongst the top 1,000. The highest rank for males, and for females, is labelled in boldface.

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Year 19501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969
Rank (male) 936985812662583723585666661567577565566498455393379341263217
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Year 19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Rank (male) 13195635851444041403530191817151313141718
Rank (female)
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748804683706661683806990
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More information Year, Rank (male) ...
Year 19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Rank (male) 191567688771112182021222727313338
Year 201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Rank (male) 44475670718399114124141167181211
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