Brenden

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A male given name from Irish, of occasional usage, variant of Brendan

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Brenden is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 15K(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 16K
  • CACanada≈1 in 57K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

22,501 people, 2020

Sources
396 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A male given name from Irish, of occasional usage, variant of Brendan.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Brenden counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Brenden is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States22,5011 in 15K22KBrenden396
ZA South Africa≈1,600 est.≈1 in 35K—Brenden32
AU Australia≈1,600 est.≈1 in 16K4Brenden134
CA Canada≈660 est.≈1 in 57K1Brenden141
GB United Kingdom≈600 est.≈1 in 110K4Brenden105
NA Namibia≈170 est.≈1 in 15K1—2

22,501 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1970198019902000Brenden Stai, b. 1972Brenden Morrow, b. 1979Brenden Shucart, b. 1981Brenden Jefferson, b. 1986Brenden Dillon, b. 1990Brenden Kichton, b. 1992Brenden Bissett, b. 1993Brenden Adams, b. 1995Brenden Sander, b. 1995Brenden Aaronson, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Brenden
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202022K#1,492
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1999143—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1993134—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1996126—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1998124—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1997122—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1995120—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2000117—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020116#1,492
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2001115—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1992113—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1991108—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Brenden mean, and where does it come from?
A male given name from Irish, of occasional usage, variant of Brendan. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Brenden a male or female name?
Brenden is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Brenden?
In the etymology graph, Brendan, Brendon and Breandán are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Brenden have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named Brenden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brenden.
Where is Brenden most common?
Brenden is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Brenden?
In the United States, the national register counted 22,501 people named Brenden in 2020, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brenden”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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