Brenda
Rank in 2025
#1525
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
139
girls 139
Peak year
1950
20,799 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
610,597
since 1897
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Brenda was most popular in 1950, when 20,799 babies recorded as girls got the name (12.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 139 babies were named Brenda, ranking #1525 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 19%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | 1525 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 212 | 1140 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 177 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 189 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 198 | 1207 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 180 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 236 | 1069 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 258 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 294 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 340 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 349 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 384 | 729 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 439 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 561 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 546 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 735 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 780 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 968 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,232 | 280 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 1,419 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,661 | 209 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 1,660 | 201 | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | 1,443 | 228 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 1,550 | 213 | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | 1,737 | 189 | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | 1,898 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,979 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 2,133 | 149 | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | 2,159 | 148 | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | 2,414 | 131 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 2,610 | 119 | 29 | 2556 |
| 1994 | 2,655 | 121 | 28 | 2618 |
| 1993 | 2,885 | 114 | 35 | 2209 |
| 1992 | 2,827 | 119 | 28 | 2532 |
| 1991 | 2,634 | 120 | 44 | 1798 |
| 1990 | 2,633 | 123 | 32 | 2214 |
| 1989 | 2,272 | 132 | 44 | 1733 |
| 1988 | 2,285 | 123 | 42 | 1671 |
| 1987 | 2,150 | 129 | 46 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 2,241 | 124 | 50 | 1403 |
| 1985 | 2,385 | 122 | 36 | 1698 |
| 1984 | 2,497 | 112 | 31 | 1796 |
| 1983 | 2,431 | 120 | 30 | 1822 |
| 1982 | 2,517 | 118 | 25 | 2111 |
| 1981 | 2,721 | 112 | 30 | 1865 |
| 1980 | 2,648 | 115 | 24 | 2162 |
| 1979 | 2,769 | 112 | 22 | 2236 |
| 1978 | 2,873 | 103 | 14 | 2929 |
| 1977 | 3,151 | 91 | 17 | 2556 |
| 1976 | 3,587 | 77 | 17 | 2508 |
| 1975 | 4,236 | 67 | 25 | 1884 |
| 1974 | 4,830 | 59 | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | 5,379 | 53 | 21 | 1982 |
| 1972 | 6,270 | 44 | 26 | 1721 |
| 1971 | 7,160 | 43 | 27 | 1705 |
| 1970 | 8,336 | 40 | 20 | 1989 |
| 1969 | 8,989 | 38 | 35 | 1351 |
| 1968 | 9,945 | 34 | 41 | 1183 |
| 1967 | 11,479 | 31 | 38 | 1215 |
| 1966 | 13,294 | 25 | 42 | 1149 |
| 1965 | 15,060 | 23 | 56 | 986 |
| 1964 | 17,106 | 18 | 46 | 1126 |
| 1963 | 19,611 | 15 | 53 | 1037 |
| 1962 | 21,274 | 12 | 65 | 939 |
| 1961 | 23,781 | 11 | 72 | 901 |
| 1960 | 23,963 | 13 | 63 | 951 |
| 1959 | 21,424 | 16 | 53 | 1061 |
| 1958 | 21,337 | 16 | 45 | 1148 |
| 1957 | 24,339 | 13 | 56 | 1015 |
| 1956 | 19,341 | 19 | 37 | 1257 |
| 1955 | 19,114 | 18 | 40 | 1181 |
| 1954 | 19,609 | 18 | 39 | 1200 |
| 1953 | 20,122 | 18 | 49 | 1033 |
| 1952 | 21,439 | 15 | 44 | 1094 |
| 1951 | 21,717 | 14 | 44 | 1083 |
| 1950 | 20,799 | 14 | 41 | 1105 |
| 1949 | 20,543 | 13 | 43 | 1072 |
| 1948 | 17,700 | 17 | 39 | 1145 |
| 1947 | 15,830 | 21 | 37 | 1190 |
| 1946 | 12,690 | 24 | 34 | 1196 |
| 1945 | 9,203 | 29 | 27 | 1270 |
| 1944 | 8,999 | 30 | 28 | 1255 |
| 1943 | 8,435 | 35 | 22 | 1486 |
| 1942 | 7,241 | 40 | 28 | 1316 |
| 1941 | 6,332 | 41 | 32 | 1169 |
| 1940 | 5,442 | 42 | 19 | 1573 |
| 1939 | 2,756 | 86 | 19 | 1532 |
| 1938 | 676 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 233 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 163 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 132 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 106 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 90 | 683 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 95 | 694 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 66 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 63 | 916 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 60 | 922 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 54 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 47 | 1108 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 55 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 58 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 44 | 1188 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 43 | 1174 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 44 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 32 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 32 | 1407 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 30 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 28 | 1497 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 18 | 1923 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 23 | 1581 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 15 | 1740 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | 1297 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | 1676 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 8 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | 1659 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | 1466 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | 1263 | <5 | — |
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Where Brenda is most popular
- New Jersey2.0×
- California1.9×
- Florida1.8×
- Texas1.7×
- Arizona1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years