Brennan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning descendant of Braonan, small raven.
How Brennan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #446 |
| 2016 | #534 |
| 2017 | #585 |
| 2018 | #661 |
| 2019 | #720 |
| 2020 | #765 |
| 2021 | #869 |
| 2022 | #990 |
Brennan by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Brennan. In the US, 500 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,463 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brennan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brendanprince; descendant of Brendan555 in the US (2017)
- Brennenteardrop; a form of Brennan87 in the US (2017)
- Brennondescendant of Braonán; a form of Brennan57 in the US (2017)
- Brenandescendant of Branan; from Brennan6 in the US (2017)
- Brennyndescendant of Branan; modern spelling of Brennan6 in the US (2017)
- Brendenprince or high noble; a form of Brendan204 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brennan
Names that are said the same way as Brennan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Breninking9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Brennan, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brennan
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