Brenan Popularity by Year

Follow Brenan across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Brenan birth-count history

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Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2021	Boys	7	#9,714	Up 2,308 places
2020	Boys	5	#12,022	Down 3,133 places
2019	Boys	8	#8,889	Down 735 places
2018	Boys	9	#8,154	Up 2,621 places
2017	Boys	6	#10,775	Down 1,111 places
2016	Boys	7	#9,664	Down 2,988 places
2015	Boys	12	#6,676	Up 886 places
2014	Boys	10	#7,562	Down 959 places
2013	Boys	12	#6,603	Up 447 places
2012	Boys	11	#7,050	Down 3,815 places
2011	Boys	34	#3,235	Up 864 places
2010	Boys	24	#4,099	Down 1,252 places
2009	Boys	42	#2,847	Up 1,197 places
2008	Boys	25	#4,044	Down 533 places
2007	Boys	30	#3,511	Down 205 places
2006	Boys	32	#3,306	Up 892 places
2005	Boys	21	#4,198	Up 223 places
2004	Boys	19	#4,421	Down 1,428 places
2003	Boys	32	#2,993	Up 195 places
2002	Boys	28	#3,188	Down 200 places
2001	Boys	30	#2,988	Down 463 places
2000	Boys	37	#2,525	Up 197 places
1999	Boys	31	#2,722	Up 129 places
1998	Boys	28	#2,851	Down 504 places
1997	Boys	35	#2,347	Down 93 places
1996	Boys	36	#2,254	Up 846 places
1995	Boys	22	#3,100	Down 334 places
1994	Boys	26	#2,766	Up 177 places
1993	Boys	23	#2,943	Up 395 places
1992	Boys	19	#3,338	Down 233 places
1991	Boys	20	#3,105	Up 362 places
1990	Boys	17	#3,467	Up 550 places
1989	Boys	13	#4,017	Down 1,056 places
1988	Boys	18	#2,961	Down 19 places
1987	Boys	17	#2,942	Up 189 places
1986	Boys	15	#3,131	Up 2,016 places
1985	Boys	7	#5,147	Down 1,688 places
1984	Boys	12	#3,459	Up 1,040 places
1983	Boys	8	#4,499	Up 504 places
1982	Boys	7	#5,003	Down 935 places
1979	Boys	9	#4,068	Up 991 places
1978	Boys	6	#5,059	Down 477 places
1977	Boys	7	#4,582	Up 1,005 places
1976	Boys	5	#5,587	Down 123 places
1975	Boys	5	#5,464	Down 1,023 places
1972	Boys	6	#4,441	—