Brennan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Brennan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #543 in 2000, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#543highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#694
1998	#689
1999	#586
2000	#543
2001	#544
2002	#559
2003	#833
2004	#1077
2005	#872
2006	#939
2007	#987
2008	#1048
2009	#1218
2010	#1483
2011	#1342
2012	#1191
2013	#1247
2014	#2079
2015	#1786
2016	#1804
2017	#3040
2018	#2259
2019	#2266
2020	#2404
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#3112
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.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #755 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #543 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Brennan 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 Brennan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	98	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	269	10 of 10	27
2010s	136	10 of 10	14
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Brennan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #543 in England and Wales in 2000.

Brennan'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	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#939	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#559	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#543	35	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#586	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#689	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #543, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
37births registered in its largest year, 200225 to 49 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.

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Brenton · #66, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Raihan · #543, 29y
Khushi · #542, 24y
Eisa · #546, 26y
Dulcie · #539, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Raihan · #543, 29y
Tyrique · #543, 15y
Aanya · #544, 27y
Arnav · #542, 26y

Brennan was ranked #543 in England and Wales · Boys in 2000. 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.

Brennan 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 Brennan without appearing here.

Brennan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Brennan

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2301.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1247 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #1012.

Moved the opposite way to Brennan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Brennan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brennan went from #755 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #543 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brennan

Brennan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brennan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Brennan at a glance

Brennan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brennan

Brennan and the names beside it

Brennan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brennan

Moved the opposite way to Brennan

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