Brenden is an established variant of Brandon that peaked in 2000 and has since faded.
Brenden is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,891 for boy births in the United States (and #6,213 across all names), given to 43 babies. Brenden first appears in 1956 and peaked in 2000 (1,394 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,891 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,292 |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,968 |
| 2021 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,452 |
| 2019 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,365 |
| 2018 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,135 |
| 2017 | 205 | 205 | — | #993 |
| 2016 | 204 | 204 | — | #999 |
| 2015 | 242 | 242 | — | #897 |
| 2014 | 345 | 345 | — | #706 |
| 2013 | 430 | 430 | — | #591 |
| 2012 | 533 | 533 | — | #499 |
| 2011 | 579 | 579 | — | #463 |
| 2010 | 753 | 753 | — | #382 |
| 2009 | 891 | 891 | — | #351 |
| 2008 | 903 | 903 | #17,994 | #352 |
| 2007 | 1,004 | 1,004 | — | #318 |
| 2006 | 1,011 | 1,011 | — | #316 |
| 2005 | 1,002 | 1,002 | — | #323 |
| 2004 | 1,145 | 1,145 | — | #278 |
| 2003 | 1,184 | 1,184 | — | #266 |
| 2002 | 1,240 | 1,240 | — | #259 |
| 2001 | 1,221 | 1,221 | — | #267 |
| 2000 | 1,394 | 1,394 | — | #243 |
| 1999 | 1,324 | 1,324 | #10,493 | #242 |
| 1998 | 1,267 | 1,267 | — | #245 |
| 1997 | 1,109 | — | — | #255 |
| 1996 | 908 | — | — | #293 |
| 1995 | 710 | — | #13,707 | #349 |
| 1994 | 738 | — | #10,719 | #337 |
| 1993 | 579 | — | #9,673 | #405 |
| 1992 | 509 | — | — | #435 |
| 1991 | 451 | — | — | #466 |
| 1990 | 363 | — | — | #517 |
| 1989 | 313 | — | — | #549 |
| 1988 | 295 | — | — | #532 |
| 1987 | 285 | — | — | #538 |
| 1986 | 211 | — | #7,195 | #631 |
| 1985 | 147 | — | — | #728 |
| 1984 | 168 | — | — | #669 |
| 1983 | 128 | — | — | #763 |
| 1982 | 119 | — | — | #809 |
| 1981 | 104 | — | — | #870 |
| 1980 | 103 | — | — | #880 |
| 1979 | 86 | — | — | #953 |
| 1978 | 59 | — | — | #1,150 |
| 1977 | 72 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | — | #991 |
| 1975 | 66 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1974 | 45 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1973 | 51 | — | — | #1,150 |
| 1972 | 49 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1971 | 42 | — | — | #1,293 |
| 1970 | 32 | — | — | #1,496 |
| 1969 | 43 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1968 | 64 | — | — | #900 |
| 1967 | 40 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1966 | 50 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 31 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | — | #1,977 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,524 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,388 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,094 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,060 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,303 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | — | #4,044 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | — | #2,998 |