Brenda Name Popularity

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How popular is Brenda?

The uncommon name Brenda was the 1,012th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Brenda, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Position 11, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1961.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1957 with 24,323 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Brenda was less than 5, most recently in 1909.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Brenda occurred roughly during the years 1913-1918, 1919-1925, and 1927-1951, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1961-1978, and 2005-2017.

Sometimes the name Brenda has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Brenda popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The popularity trend for Brenda has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Brenda for their newborn has dropped.

The name Brenda is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Brenda is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Brenda (Girl)		Brenda (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		255	1,012	< 5	--
2017		292	912	< 5	--
2016		339	840	< 5	--
2015		349	803	< 5	--
2014		383	731	< 5	--
2013		439	641	< 5	--
2012		561	538	< 5	--
2011		546	532	< 5	--
2010		732	426	< 5	--
2009		779	406	< 5	--
2008		968	343	< 5	--
2007		1,230	280	5	12,607
2006		1,417	240	< 5	--
2005		1,660	209	7	9,245
2004		1,659	201	11	6,583
2003		1,442	228	7	8,766
2002		1,550	213	6	9,532
2001		1,735	189	5	10,770
2000		1,898	172	< 5	--
1999		1,978	160	< 5	--
1998		2,133	149	9	6,379
1997		2,158	148	11	5,319
1996		2,414	131	11	5,222
1995		2,610	119	29	2,561
1994		2,653	121	28	2,628
1993		2,885	114	35	2,217
1992		2,827	119	28	2,542
1991		2,634	120	44	1,801
1990		2,633	123	32	2,218
1989		2,270	132	44	1,737
1988		2,286	123	42	1,671
1987		2,151	128	46	1,539
1986		2,240	124	50	1,402
1985		2,385	122	36	1,703
1984		2,497	112	31	1,800
1983		2,431	120	30	1,823
1982		2,517	118	25	2,119
1981		2,721	112	30	1,867
1980		2,647	115	24	2,163
1979		2,771	112	22	2,243
1978		2,871	103	14	2,947
1977		3,151	91	17	2,568
1976		3,586	78	17	2,515
1975		4,239	67	25	1,892
1974		4,828	59	17	2,367
1973		5,382	53	21	1,989
1972		6,271	44	26	1,730
1971		7,158	43	28	1,673
1970		8,336	40	20	1,994
1969		8,992	38	35	1,356
1968		9,941	34	41	1,189
1967		11,481	31	38	1,217
1966		13,296	25	42	1,152
1965		15,059	23	56	986
1964		17,104	18	46	1,129
1963		19,606	15	53	1,038
1962		21,277	12	65	940
1961		23,775	11	72	899
1960		23,961	13	63	956
1959		21,415	16	53	1,062
1958		21,341	16	45	1,148
1957		24,323	13	56	1,015
1956		19,343	19	37	1,263
1955		19,119	18	41	1,170
1954		19,602	18	39	1,202
1953		20,133	18	49	1,034
1952		21,444	15	44	1,096
1951		21,716	14	44	1,082
1950		20,795	14	41	1,106
1949		20,544	13	43	1,072
1948		17,696	17	39	1,146
1947		15,827	21	37	1,190
1946		12,689	24	34	1,198
1945		9,205	29	27	1,271
1944		8,999	30	28	1,256
1943		8,436	35	22	1,492
1942		7,238	40	28	1,317
1941		6,331	41	32	1,171
1940		5,441	42	19	1,581
1939		2,756	86	19	1,537
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	695	< 5	--
1931		66	845	< 5	--
1930		63	917	< 5	--
1929		60	924	< 5	--
1928		54	1,017	< 5	--
1927		47	1,109	< 5	--
1926		55	1,006	< 5	--
1925		58	977	< 5	--
1924		45	1,170	< 5	--
1923		43	1,179	< 5	--
1922		44	1,161	< 5	--
1921		32	1,443	< 5	--
1920		32	1,411	< 5	--
1919		30	1,427	< 5	--
1918		28	1,499	< 5	--
1917		18	1,932	< 5	--
1916		23	1,590	< 5	--
1915		21	1,627	< 5	--
1914		15	1,748	< 5	--
1913		12	1,784	< 5	--
1912		17	1,308	< 5	--
1911		9	1,677	< 5	--
1910		8	1,792	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		7	1,698	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		8	1,435	< 5	--
1904		6	1,684	< 5	--
1903		5	1,827	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		6	1,504	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		7	1,278	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.