How popular is the name Brannon?

Brannon ranks 1,425th among boys' names in US records, with 5,818 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 261.

Is Brannon a unisex name?

No. Brannon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1998, when 186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Brannan, Brannen, Branon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,425 of boy names

Pronounced B R AE1 N AH0 N (ARPABET)

Brannon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1934. It has been given to 5,818 children — the 1,425th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 261 births across the past decade, against a peak of 186 in a single year. That peak was in 1998.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Brannan, Brannen and Branon — because they are pronounced identically.

1998Boys: 186Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Brannon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Brannon?: Brannon ranks 1,425th among boys' names in US records, with 5,818 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 261.
Is Brannon a unisex name?: No. Brannon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brannon most popular?: 1998, when 186 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Brannon spelled?: Brannan, Brannen, Branon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.