Brendon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Brendon: Recorded since 1964, it reached #31 in 1973, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Brendon's record

Held a top-100 place for 27 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#389
1997	#513
1998	#362
1999	#359
2000	#387
2001	#391
2002	#458
2003	#499
2004	#510
2005	#544
2006	#733
2007	#698
2008	#757
2009	#944
2010	#942
2011	#1251
2012	#1270
2013	#1247
2014	#1281
2015	#2020
2016	#1363
2017	#1546
2018	#1991
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#1860
2022	#2529
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 1989: #93 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #98 among boys in New Zealand.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #96 among boys in New Zealand in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1990
Highest recorded position: #31 among boys in New Zealand, in 1973 (recorded 1964–1990).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Brendon appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 884 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1964.

Brendon across 3 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.

Brendon'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
England and Wales · Boys	#389 (1996)	#359 (1999)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	884 (1996–2024)	64 (1998)
New Zealand · Boys	#96 (1964)	#31 (1973)	#96 (1990)	27 of 27	3,163 (1964–1990)	202 (1972)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (1973)	#71 (1984)	#99 (1993)	15 of 21	1,302 (1973–1993)	113 (1984)

Brendon by decade in England and Wales · 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 Brendon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	220	4 of 10	55
2000sbusiest	456	10 of 10	46
2010s	171	10 of 10	17
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 28, from 36 to 64.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brendon 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New Zealand in 1973.

Brendon'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#544	49	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#499	48	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#458	48	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#391	60	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#387	59	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#359	64	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#362	64	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#513	36	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#389	56	High	Verified
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New Zealand	male	#96	55	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#98	57	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#75	70	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#77	64	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#76	67	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#67	75	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#64	80	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#61	83	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#52	99	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#49	123	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#47	123	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#48	121	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#40	133	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#46	136	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#36	168	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#42	155	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#33	201	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#31	200	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#35	202	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#35	195	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#38	191	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#37	194	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#66	114	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#94	65	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#91	72	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#99	59	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#96	61	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 1973.

It held a top-100 place in 28 years, 27 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 202 births, registered in New Zealand in 1972.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, 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.

Brenda · #41, 71y
Brendan · #16, 62y
Brenna · #206, 20y
Brennan · #543, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Cathal · #31, 62y
Lorcan · #31, 62y
Colm · #32, 62y
Dermot · #30, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cathal · #31, 62y
Emilia · #31, 54y
Felix · #31, 60y
Lorcan · #31, 62y

Brendon was ranked #31 in New Zealand · Boys in 1973. 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.

Brendon 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 Brendon without appearing here.

Brendon moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Brendon

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1281 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2020 and #996.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Brendon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Brendon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brendon went from #389 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New Zealand in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brendon

Brendon at a glance

What stands out in Brendon's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brendon across 3 official records

Brendon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brendon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Brendon

Brendon and the names beside it

Brendon moved ahead of

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Brendon at a glance

What stands out in Brendon's record

Brendon across 3 official records

Brendon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brendon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Brendon

Brendon and the names beside it

Brendon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brendon

Moved the opposite way to Brendon

Moved the same way as Brendon