Baby names
How popular is the name Brenda?
In 2025, 139 baby girls in the U.S. were named Brenda, the 1525th most popular name for girls. Its peak year was 1957, when 24,339 girls got the name. 608,478 girls have been named Brenda since 1880. 2,119 boys have had the name too.
Rank in 2025
#1,525
among girls' names
Babies in 2025
139
girls named Brenda
Peak year
1957
24,339 girls
Girls named Brenda each year since 1880
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The numbers for Brenda (girls)
| Year | Babies |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 |
| 2024 | 212 |
| 2023 | 177 |
| 2022 | 189 |
| 2021 | 198 |
| 2020 | 180 |
| 2019 | 236 |
| 2018 | 258 |
| 2017 | 294 |
| 2016 | 340 |
| 2015 | 349 |
| 2014 | 384 |
| 2013 | 439 |
| 2012 | 561 |
| 2011 | 546 |
| 2010 | 735 |
| 2009 | 780 |
| 2008 | 968 |
| 2007 | 1,232 |
| 2006 | 1,419 |
| 2005 | 1,661 |
| 2004 | 1,660 |
| 2003 | 1,443 |
| 2002 | 1,550 |
| 2001 | 1,737 |
| 2000 | 1,898 |
| 1999 | 1,979 |
| 1998 | 2,133 |
| 1997 | 2,159 |
| 1996 | 2,414 |
| 1995 | 2,610 |
| 1994 | 2,655 |
| 1993 | 2,885 |
| 1992 | 2,827 |
| 1991 | 2,634 |
| 1990 | 2,633 |
| 1989 | 2,272 |
| 1988 | 2,285 |
| 1987 | 2,150 |
| 1986 | 2,241 |
| 1985 | 2,385 |
| 1984 | 2,497 |
| 1983 | 2,431 |
| 1982 | 2,517 |
| 1981 | 2,721 |
| 1980 | 2,648 |
| 1979 | 2,769 |
| 1978 | 2,873 |
| 1977 | 3,151 |
| 1976 | 3,587 |
| 1975 | 4,236 |
| 1974 | 4,830 |
| 1973 | 5,379 |
| 1972 | 6,270 |
| 1971 | 7,160 |
| 1970 | 8,336 |
| 1969 | 8,989 |
| 1968 | 9,945 |
| 1967 | 11,479 |
| 1966 | 13,294 |
| 1965 | 15,060 |
| 1964 | 17,106 |
| 1963 | 19,611 |
| 1962 | 21,274 |
| 1961 | 23,781 |
| 1960 | 23,963 |
| 1959 | 21,424 |
| 1958 | 21,337 |
| 1957 | 24,339 |
| 1956 | 19,341 |
| 1955 | 19,114 |
| 1954 | 19,609 |
| 1953 | 20,122 |
| 1952 | 21,439 |
| 1951 | 21,717 |
| 1950 | 20,799 |
| 1949 | 20,543 |
| 1948 | 17,700 |
| 1947 | 15,830 |
| 1946 | 12,690 |
| 1945 | 9,203 |
| 1944 | 8,999 |
| 1943 | 8,435 |
| 1942 | 7,241 |
| 1941 | 6,332 |
| 1940 | 5,442 |
| 1939 | 2,756 |
| 1938 | 676 |
| 1937 | 233 |
| 1936 | 163 |
| 1935 | 132 |
| 1934 | 106 |
| 1933 | 90 |
| 1932 | 95 |
| 1931 | 66 |
| 1930 | 63 |
| 1929 | 60 |
| 1928 | 54 |
| 1927 | 47 |
| 1926 | 55 |
| 1925 | 58 |
| 1924 | 44 |
| 1923 | 43 |
| 1922 | 44 |
| 1921 | 32 |
| 1920 | 32 |
| 1919 | 30 |
| 1918 | 28 |
| 1917 | 18 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1915 | 20 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1913 | 12 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1909 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1908 | 7 |
| 1907 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1906 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1905 | 8 |
| 1904 | 6 |
| 1903 | 5 |
| 1902 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1901 | 6 |
| 1900 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1899 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1898 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1896 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1895 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1894 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1893 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1892 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1891 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1890 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1889 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1888 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1887 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1886 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1885 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1884 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1883 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1882 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1881 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1880 | Fewer than 5 |
Boys named Brenda each year since 1880
The interactive chart needs JavaScript. The numbers are in the table below.
The numbers for Brenda (boys)
| Year | Babies |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2024 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2023 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2022 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2021 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2020 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2019 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2018 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2017 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2016 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2015 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2014 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2013 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2012 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2011 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2010 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2009 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2008 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2006 | Fewer than 5 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2000 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1999 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1997 | 11 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 1995 | 29 |
| 1994 | 28 |
| 1993 | 35 |
| 1992 | 28 |
| 1991 | 44 |
| 1990 | 32 |
| 1989 | 44 |
| 1988 | 42 |
| 1987 | 46 |
| 1986 | 50 |
| 1985 | 36 |
| 1984 | 31 |
| 1983 | 30 |
| 1982 | 25 |
| 1981 | 30 |
| 1980 | 24 |
| 1979 | 22 |
| 1978 | 14 |
| 1977 | 17 |
| 1976 | 17 |
| 1975 | 25 |
| 1974 | 17 |
| 1973 | 21 |
| 1972 | 26 |
| 1971 | 27 |
| 1970 | 20 |
| 1969 | 35 |
| 1968 | 41 |
| 1967 | 38 |
| 1966 | 42 |
| 1965 | 56 |
| 1964 | 46 |
| 1963 | 53 |
| 1962 | 65 |
| 1961 | 72 |
| 1960 | 63 |
| 1959 | 53 |
| 1958 | 45 |
| 1957 | 56 |
| 1956 | 37 |
| 1955 | 40 |
| 1954 | 39 |
| 1953 | 49 |
| 1952 | 44 |
| 1951 | 44 |
| 1950 | 41 |
| 1949 | 43 |
| 1948 | 39 |
| 1947 | 37 |
| 1946 | 34 |
| 1945 | 27 |
| 1944 | 28 |
| 1943 | 22 |
| 1942 | 28 |
| 1941 | 32 |
| 1940 | 19 |
| 1939 | 19 |
| 1938 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1937 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1936 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1935 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1934 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1933 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1932 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1931 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1930 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1929 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1928 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1927 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1926 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1925 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1924 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1923 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1922 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1921 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1920 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1919 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1918 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1917 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1916 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1915 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1914 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1913 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1912 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1911 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1910 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1909 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1908 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1907 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1906 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1905 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1904 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1903 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1902 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1901 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1900 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1899 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1898 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1897 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1896 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1895 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1894 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1893 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1892 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1891 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1890 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1889 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1888 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1887 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1886 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1885 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1884 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1883 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1882 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1881 | Fewer than 5 |
| 1880 | Fewer than 5 |
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Source and notes
U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications (national data) (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data through 2025.
The counts come from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S., so the early years undercount everyone. A year with fewer than 5 babies of one sex given a name is left out for privacy and shows as fewer than 5. Spellings count separately: Emma and Ema are different names here.