boy's name

Breandan

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 216

Northern Ireland

#395

2011 births

Breandan is a boy's name. In 2016 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Breandan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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Births named Breandan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 13
1990s 42
2000s 70
2010s (to 2016) 34

How popular is Breandan?

In 2016, Breandan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Breandan is used

Northern Ireland #395 3 in 2011
Ireland as Breandán #649 4 in 2018
United States #8,278 9 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Breandan is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Breandán Breandán is a rare spelling of Breandan, written with a fada and recorded 4 times, mostly in Ireland. 4

Names that peaked alongside Breandan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Breandan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Breandan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Breandan in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Breandán

Sibling names for Breandan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Breandan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Breandan

How popular is the name Breandan?

In 2016, Breandan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Breandan a girl's or a boy's name?

Breandan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Breandan most popular?

Breandan peaked in 2006, when 13 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.