as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of various places so called, most of which get their name from Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. In some cases it may be an altered form of Brendan. There has perhaps also been some influence from the surname of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando (1924–2004). In Britain the name has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity since the mid-1990s.
| 152nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 380,859
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 714,575
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Brandon per capita
- 1985
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.71%
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17%
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44%
13-29
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39%
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