Breandan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Breandan: Recorded since 1978, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #199 in 1999, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#199highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Breandan's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1997–2011

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#271
1998	#240
1999	#199
2010	#387
2011	#375

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 8 of the 18 years from 1978 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1978–2011 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #255 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2011
Highest recorded position: #199 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2011).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #375 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2011.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Breandan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 1978, and has registered 28 births with the name.

Breandan across 2 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.

Breandan'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	#255 (1978)	#255 (1978)	#334 (1995)	8 of 18	28 (1978–1995)	5 (1978)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#199 (1999)	#375 (2011)	5 of 15	20 (1997–2011)	7 (1999)

Breandan 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 Breandan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	13	4 of 10	3
1990s	10	3 of 10	3

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

Breandan 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 2 regions, from 1978 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #199 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Breandan'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
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#199	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

Where Breandan is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Breandan, between 1978 and 2011, in 13 of those 34 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1978–1995	8	#255 in 1978
Northern Ireland	1997–2011	5	#199 in 1999

Its high point came 21 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1978) than in Northern Ireland (1999).

No registrar recorded it for 10 years after 1999; it appears again in 2010.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1978 and 2011, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #199, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 19 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#375position in 2011, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

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.

Braylon · #727, 11y
Brea · #253, 22y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Breda · #131, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Dereck · #196, 17y
Sharan · #204, 16y
Fiontan · #207, 10y
Piaras · #210, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Donatas · #199, 26y
Tea · #199, 45y
Elton · #200, 32y
Maebh · #201, 46y

Breandan was ranked #199 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Alastair#199
Cian#199
Domhnall#199
Fergus#199
Cain#210
Che#210
Dion#210
Gabriel#210

Breandan 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Breandan without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Breandan

Jordan
In 1982 they stood at #292 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1983 that had become #330 and #226.
Ashley
In 1979 they stood at #255 and #326 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #264.
Harry
In 1982 they stood at #292 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1983 that had become #330 and #282.
Ben
In 1979 they stood at #255 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #288.

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 2 regions, from 1978 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #199 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Breandan

Breandan at a glance

What stands out in Breandan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Breandan across 2 official records

Breandan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Breandan appears in

Popularity data

Where Breandan is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Breandan

Breandan and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Breandan

Breandan at a glance

What stands out in Breandan's record

Breandan across 2 official records

Breandan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Breandan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Breandan

Breandan and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Breandan