Brandon remains a common boys' name (#261 in 2025), down from a peak of #6 in 1992.
Brandon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #261 for boy births in the United States (and #505 across all names), given to 1,326 babies. Brandon first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1992 (29,628 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,326 | 1,326 | — | #261 |
| 2024 | 1,562 | 1,562 | — | #230 |
| 2023 | 1,665 | 1,665 | — | #219 |
| 2022 | 1,777 | 1,777 | — | #210 |
| 2021 | 2,135 | 2,140 | — | #181 |
| 2020 | 2,312 | 2,312 | — | #165 |
| 2019 | 2,692 | 2,692 | #14,117 | #141 |
| 2018 | 3,220 | 3,232 | #14,083 | #124 |
| 2017 | 3,505 | 3,505 | #11,833 | #114 |
| 2016 | 4,101 | 4,107 | — | #99 |
| 2015 | 5,136 | 5,141 | #12,022 | #83 |
| 2014 | 5,856 | 5,872 | — | #71 |
| 2013 | 6,243 | 6,249 | #12,180 | #70 |
| 2012 | 7,056 | 7,071 | #7,880 | #56 |
| 2011 | 7,837 | 7,845 | #7,494 | #47 |
| 2010 | 8,563 | 8,580 | #8,338 | #44 |
| 2009 | 9,859 | 9,886 | #10,089 | #38 |
| 2008 | 11,496 | 11,522 | #8,599 | #33 |
| 2007 | 12,161 | 12,183 | #9,101 | #31 |
| 2006 | 12,709 | 12,740 | #5,742 | #27 |
| 2005 | 12,977 | 13,015 | #4,501 | #27 |
| 2004 | 14,194 | 14,238 | #2,750 | #22 |
| 2003 | 15,270 | 15,310 | #4,964 | #21 |
| 2002 | 16,314 | 16,377 | #3,989 | #20 |
| 2001 | 17,933 | 18,004 | #3,377 | #18 |
| 2000 | 20,379 | 20,450 | #3,221 | #12 |
| 1999 | 21,644 | 21,732 | #3,054 | #11 |
| 1998 | 23,885 | 23,979 | #2,572 | #7 |
| 1997 | 25,255 | — | #2,312 | #8 |
| 1996 | 25,928 | — | #1,809 | #8 |
| 1995 | 26,990 | — | #1,705 | #8 |
| 1994 | 29,586 | — | #1,610 | #6 |
| 1993 | 28,836 | — | #1,540 | #6 |
| 1992 | 29,724 | — | #1,602 | #6 |
| 1991 | 26,084 | — | #2,112 | #15 |
| 1990 | 22,248 | — | #1,717 | #19 |
| 1989 | 23,445 | — | #1,199 | #18 |
| 1988 | 23,910 | — | #990 | #17 |
| 1987 | 25,040 | — | #806 | #14 |
| 1986 | 27,523 | — | #683 | #13 |
| 1985 | 29,577 | — | #662 | #13 |
| 1984 | 25,908 | — | #706 | #15 |
| 1983 | 23,766 | — | #686 | #17 |
| 1982 | 20,413 | — | #801 | #18 |
| 1981 | 20,426 | — | #752 | #19 |
| 1980 | 14,297 | — | #1,050 | #31 |
| 1979 | 11,429 | — | #1,081 | #35 |
| 1978 | 9,341 | — | #1,241 | #40 |
| 1977 | 8,368 | — | #1,248 | #41 |
| 1976 | 7,884 | — | #1,167 | #40 |
| 1975 | 7,187 | — | #1,192 | #44 |
| 1974 | 5,940 | — | #1,316 | #51 |
| 1973 | 5,130 | — | #1,458 | #58 |
| 1972 | 4,675 | — | #1,749 | #63 |
| 1971 | 3,303 | — | #2,069 | #95 |
| 1970 | 2,581 | — | #2,168 | #131 |
| 1969 | 1,131 | — | #2,710 | #216 |
| 1968 | 777 | — | #3,069 | #263 |
| 1967 | 496 | — | #3,678 | #342 |
| 1966 | 402 | — | #6,661 | #379 |
| 1965 | 402 | — | #5,337 | #394 |
| 1964 | 310 | — | #5,528 | #455 |
| 1963 | 266 | — | #5,345 | #499 |
| 1962 | 200 | — | #5,921 | #566 |
| 1961 | 200 | — | #5,908 | #563 |
| 1960 | 185 | — | — | #575 |
| 1959 | 192 | — | #5,621 | #572 |
| 1958 | 138 | — | #5,469 | #665 |
| 1957 | 130 | — | — | #665 |
| 1956 | 173 | — | #6,036 | #587 |
| 1955 | 112 | — | #4,403 | #716 |
| 1954 | 169 | — | #4,706 | #580 |
| 1953 | 113 | — | — | #671 |
| 1952 | 76 | — | — | #805 |
| 1951 | 50 | — | — | #993 |
| 1950 | 54 | — | — | #936 |
| 1949 | 42 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1948 | 35 | — | — | #1,218 |
| 1947 | 31 | — | — | #1,321 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | — | #2,556 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,264 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | — | #1,773 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | — | #2,398 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | — | #2,350 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | — | #2,341 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,073 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,548 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,326 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,112 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | — | #2,663 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | — | #2,221 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | — | #2,315 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | — | #2,869 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | — | #1,966 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | — | #1,920 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | — | #2,956 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | — | #2,490 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | — | #2,255 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,007 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #2,987 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | — | #2,525 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | — | #2,083 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,757 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,200 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #1,987 |