Bren is a rare variant of Brian that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Bren is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #9,858 for boy births in the United States (and #20,353 across all names), given to 7 babies. Bren was first reported in SSA data in 1956 and peaked in 2003 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,113 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,040 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #13,896 | #9,099 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #13,778 | #7,683 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,714 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,835 |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #9,265 | #6,400 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #12,952 | #8,962 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 | #13,132 | #7,206 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #13,242 | #7,137 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,779 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | #11,167 | #9,789 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,976 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #15,154 | #8,169 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | #17,472 | #9,835 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #13,945 | #7,287 |
| 2008 | 27 | 27 | #9,582 | #5,804 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #10,950 | #6,315 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #13,826 | #10,842 |
| 2005 | 22 | 22 | #14,791 | #5,069 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #12,981 | #8,233 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 | #11,484 | #4,846 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | #15,816 | #4,939 |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #13,785 | #6,514 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #13,409 | #9,223 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | #7,794 | #7,964 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #8,084 | #8,602 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,228 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,470 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | — | #5,919 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,397 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #4,907 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | — | #4,517 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | — | #4,696 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | — | #3,638 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,544 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | — | #3,548 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | — | #3,284 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | — | #3,233 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,250 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #8,139 | #5,567 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #6,483 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,577 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #9,219 | #4,993 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,837 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,906 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,207 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,491 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #4,863 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,445 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,290 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #3,724 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,597 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #3,976 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,683 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,076 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | — | #2,917 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #2,894 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,655 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,012 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,606 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #4,006 |