Brendon is an established variant of Brandon that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Brendon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,683 for boy births in the United States (and #5,760 across all names), given to 48 babies. Brendon first appears in 1927 and peaked in 1998 (868 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,683 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,567 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,176 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,591 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,855 |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,072 |
| 2019 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,509 |
| 2018 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,320 |
| 2017 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,478 |
| 2016 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,414 |
| 2015 | 172 | 172 | — | #1,116 |
| 2014 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,071 |
| 2013 | 202 | 202 | — | #986 |
| 2012 | 281 | 281 | — | #801 |
| 2011 | 307 | 307 | — | #737 |
| 2010 | 384 | 384 | — | #634 |
| 2009 | 464 | 464 | — | #572 |
| 2008 | 442 | 442 | — | #581 |
| 2007 | 484 | 484 | — | #530 |
| 2006 | 513 | 513 | — | #506 |
| 2005 | 531 | 531 | — | #470 |
| 2004 | 563 | 563 | — | #459 |
| 2003 | 592 | 592 | — | #430 |
| 2002 | 643 | 643 | — | #400 |
| 2001 | 641 | 641 | — | #394 |
| 2000 | 787 | 787 | — | #348 |
| 1999 | 823 | 823 | — | #330 |
| 1998 | 868 | 868 | — | #318 |
| 1997 | 788 | — | — | #332 |
| 1996 | 703 | — | — | #349 |
| 1995 | 624 | — | — | #379 |
| 1994 | 719 | — | — | #343 |
| 1993 | 584 | — | #13,735 | #400 |
| 1992 | 649 | — | — | #364 |
| 1991 | 595 | — | — | #380 |
| 1990 | 485 | — | — | #451 |
| 1989 | 489 | — | — | #422 |
| 1988 | 388 | — | #7,184 | #471 |
| 1987 | 410 | — | — | #435 |
| 1986 | 367 | — | #8,629 | #461 |
| 1985 | 319 | — | — | #486 |
| 1984 | 300 | — | — | #481 |
| 1983 | 240 | — | — | #542 |
| 1982 | 251 | — | — | #543 |
| 1981 | 218 | — | — | #579 |
| 1980 | 208 | — | — | #603 |
| 1979 | 203 | — | — | #601 |
| 1978 | 149 | — | — | #686 |
| 1977 | 189 | — | — | #609 |
| 1976 | 173 | — | — | #625 |
| 1975 | 184 | — | — | #594 |
| 1974 | 123 | — | — | #732 |
| 1973 | 111 | — | — | #760 |
| 1972 | 105 | — | — | #778 |
| 1971 | 104 | — | — | #789 |
| 1970 | 124 | — | — | #738 |
| 1969 | 112 | — | — | #741 |
| 1968 | 118 | — | — | #697 |
| 1967 | 62 | — | — | #917 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1965 | 25 | — | — | #1,564 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1963 | 18 | — | — | #1,908 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | — | #1,714 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | — | #1,783 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,119 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | — | #2,549 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,304 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,660 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | — | #2,513 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | — | #2,765 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,392 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #3,775 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,750 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | — | #2,470 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #3,735 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,144 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | — | #3,558 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,151 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,586 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | — | #2,874 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,188 |