Brandan is an uncommon variant of Brandon that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.
Brandan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,753 for boy births in the United States (and #16,222 across all names), given to 10 babies. Brandan was first reported in SSA data in 1955 and peaked in 1993 (263 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,753 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,606 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,034 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,623 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,946 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,064 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,015 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,105 |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,964 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,974 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,567 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,545 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,197 |
| 2012 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,720 |
| 2011 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,667 |
| 2010 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,121 |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,351 |
| 2008 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,827 |
| 2007 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,565 |
| 2006 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,461 |
| 2004 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,311 |
| 2003 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,254 |
| 2002 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,168 |
| 2001 | 155 | 155 | — | #987 |
| 2000 | 185 | 185 | — | #859 |
| 1999 | 212 | 212 | — | #754 |
| 1998 | 210 | 210 | — | #759 |
| 1997 | 189 | — | — | #783 |
| 1996 | 227 | — | — | #700 |
| 1995 | 228 | — | — | #700 |
| 1994 | 213 | — | — | #718 |
| 1993 | 263 | — | — | #638 |
| 1992 | 248 | — | — | #662 |
| 1991 | 251 | — | — | #645 |
| 1990 | 186 | — | — | #745 |
| 1989 | 210 | — | #12,616 | #692 |
| 1988 | 173 | — | #12,023 | #727 |
| 1987 | 195 | — | #11,502 | #661 |
| 1986 | 200 | — | #6,209 | #649 |
| 1985 | 189 | — | #5,392 | #666 |
| 1984 | 142 | — | #10,605 | #743 |
| 1983 | 107 | — | #10,446 | #867 |
| 1982 | 100 | — | #9,350 | #920 |
| 1981 | 109 | — | — | #842 |
| 1980 | 96 | — | #7,491 | #959 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1978 | 58 | — | #8,667 | #1,241 |
| 1977 | 57 | — | #6,950 | #1,270 |
| 1976 | 65 | — | #5,246 | #1,164 |
| 1975 | 49 | — | — | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #6,314 | #1,622 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1972 | 36 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | — | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | — | #2,520 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | — | #2,887 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | — | #2,328 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | — | #2,625 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | — | #3,014 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,804 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,075 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | — | #3,068 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,687 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | — | #2,435 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,051 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,301 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | — | #2,644 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #3,942 |