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Brandon

boy name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
1990s
Today
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Meaning

“English surname from a place name meaning hill covered with broom”

The story

Brandon brings a yellow-flowered hill to a mountain-bike story. The English surname comes from place names joining broom, the flowering shrub, with the Old English word for hill. Common broom sends out green shoots and bright yellow, pea-shaped flowers in late spring. A modern bearer brought the name to a rather steeper landscape. At the 2024 Red Bull Rampage, Canadian rider Brandon Semenuk abandoned his first run after a backflip tailwhip went wrong in the wind. Hours later he tried again, completed that manoeuvre and became the event’s first five-time winner. His surname is Semenuk; Brandon is the old landscape surname now doing duty as his first name. Between the broom-covered hill and that second descent, the name has acquired a vivid new picture: somebody going back up to try once more.

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How popular is Brandon around the world?

In the United States, 10,777 babies were named Brandon between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 112 boys named Brandon were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

Brandon is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Argentina, Mexico City, South Australia, Chile, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland, France, Spain, Poland and Brazil.

Brandon crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 2,000

In the United States, 10,777 babies were named Brandon between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Brandon peaked in the 1990s. Brandon went to 5,136 US babies in 2015 and 1,326 in 2025, 26% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Montevideo City

1 in 220 · 2011

In Montevideo, 112 boys named Brandon were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Argentina

1 in 1,800

In Argentina, 359 newborns were given the name Brandon in 2024.

peak 20132024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

1 in 3,200

In Mexico City, there were 37 registrations of Brandon in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (5 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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South Australia

1 in 3,700 · 2017

In South Australia, 5 boys were registered as Brandon in 2017.

1944peak 1998

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Chile

1 in 6,400

In Chile, 28 boys were registered as Brandon in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1970peak 20022021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Canada

1 in 6,800

In Canada, 54 boys named Brandon were born in 2024, the 524th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19932024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 14,000

In Ireland, 4 boys named Brandon were born in 2025, the 676th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19972025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 15,000

In England and Wales, 39 boys named Brandon were born in 2025, the 822nd most common name among boys that year.

peak 19992025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 boys named Brandon were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 20012024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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France

1 in 32,000

In France, about 20 boys named Brandon were born in 2025, ranked 1,662nd among boys that year.

1980peak 19952025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Spain

1 in 48,000

In Spain, 934 residents are named Brandon, ranked 1,447th among men, with a mean age of 20.6 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Poland

1 in 120,000

In Poland, 2 boys named Brandon were born in 2025, the 705th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20062025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Brazil

1 in 170,000

At the 2022 census, 1,251 people in Brazil were named Brandon, ranked 7,127th, with a median age of 23.
Among people named Brandon living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1980speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 80 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Austria

last on record 2022

Brandon is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Brandon is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

peak 19972025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2018

Brandon is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1960peak 19922025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2021

Brandon is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 493 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

peak 19982025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Brandon

Most people given the name Brandon in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Brandon you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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