Names / Girl names
Brenda
Current rank
#1,527
and easing
All-time peak
#11
in 1961
First recorded
1897
in U.S. data
Children named
610,500
since 1897
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #11 in 1961 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Brenda first appears in American naming records in 1897, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. It peaked in 1961 at #11. Across all years, more than 610,500 children have been named this.