Brandon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brandon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brandon: Recorded every year since 1992, it reached #27 in 1997, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#27highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Brandon's record

England and Wales registered 2,298 births with the name in 1999, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#53
1997	#39
1998	#36
1999	#34
2000	#35
2001	#38
2002	#37
2003	#40
2004	#44
2005	#47
2006	#53
2007	#66
2008	#70
2009	#82
2010	#92
2011	#118
2012	#156
2013	#165
2014	#211
2015	#212
2016	#247
2017	#303
2018	#331
2019	#385
2020	#406
2021	#539
2022	#610
2023	#738
2024	#664

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1993 to 2025.

In 2024: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #664 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1992–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #51 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1992–2005
Highest recorded position: #27 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1997 (recorded 1992–2005).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brandon appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 33 ranked years and 1,566 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1992.

Brandon across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brandon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#199 (1993)	#67 (1999)	#676 (2025)	33 of 33	1,566 (1993–2025)	106 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#53 (1996)	#34 (1999)	#664 (2024)	29 of 29	26,405 (1996–2024)	2,298 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#60 (1997)	#57 (2001)	#305 (2024)	27 of 28	615 (1997–2024)	54 (2001)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#51 (1992)	#27 (1997)	#93 (2005)	14 of 14	2,928 (1992–2005)	341 (1997)
New Zealand · Boys	#34 (1992)	#34 (1992)	#74 (2002)	10 of 11	1,000 (1992–2002)	174 (1992)

Brandon by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brandon in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	397	7 of 10	57
2000sbusiest	768	10 of 10	77
2010s	341	10 of 10	34
2020s	60	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 77 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 48, from 58 to 106.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Brandon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1997.

Brandon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#664	56	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#738	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#610	60	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#539	72	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#406	100	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#385	112	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#331	139	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#303	165	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#247	216	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#212	266	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#211	269	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#165	343	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#156	382	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#118	538	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#92	697	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#82	801	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#70	1,012	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#66	1,167	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#53	1,357	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#47	1,433	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#44	1,542	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#40	1,720	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#37	1,848	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#38	1,895	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#35	2,209	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#34	2,298	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#36	2,142	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#39	2,184	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#53	1,337	High	Verified
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	161	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	222	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	265	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	341	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	262	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	249	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	253	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	202	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New Zealand	male	#74	68	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#77	69	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#73	71	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#54	97	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#41	131	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#60	92	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#66	94	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#59	102	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#62	102	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#34	174	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#117	27	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#148	18	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#125	24	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#111	28	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#97	29	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#89	33	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#74	40	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#88	31	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#83	31	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#57	54	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#59	51	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#70	42	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#64	48	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#60	49	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	20	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	20	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	30	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	43	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	47	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	40	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	63	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	59	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	76	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	74	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	84	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	63	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	85	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	80	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	92	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	67	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	88	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	89	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	67	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	106	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	58	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	43	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	11	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1992 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #27, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,298 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1992, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bramwell · #2483, 14y
Brandan · #307, 21y
Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Harvey · #27, 31y
Asher · #28, 30y
Imogen · #26, 34y
Alyssa · #25, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abbie · #27, 33y
Asher · #28, 30y
Bella · #26, 30y
Lottie · #28, 30y

Brandon was ranked #27 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brandon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brandon without appearing here.

Brandon moved ahead of

Scott Compare
In 2023 they stood at #738 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #664 and #1025.
Ashley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #738 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #664 and #880.
Ross Compare
In 2020 they stood at #392 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #266 and #433.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #520 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #829.

Moved ahead of Brandon

Emil Compare
In 2024 they stood at #516 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #468.
Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #516 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #468.
Rian Compare
In 2020 they stood at #406 and #475 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #539 and #352.
Calum Compare
In 2021 they stood at #279 and #296 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #407 and #262.

Moved the opposite way to Brandon

Alex Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 while Alex went from #127 to #37.
Callum Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 while Callum went from #339 to #49.
Leon Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 while Leon went from #144 to #73.
Shea Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #99 to #676 while Shea went from #369 to #125.

Moved the same way as Brandon

Daithi Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 and Daithi from #275 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 and Denis from #93 to #232.
Oisin Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 and Oisin from #73 to #262.
Ronan Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brandon went from #199 to #676 and Ronan from #57 to #86.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brandon

Brandon at a glance

What stands out in Brandon's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brandon across 5 official records

Brandon by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brandon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brandon

Brandon and the names beside it

Brandon moved ahead of

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Brandon at a glance

What stands out in Brandon's record

Brandon across 5 official records

Brandon by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brandon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brandon

Brandon and the names beside it

Brandon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brandon

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