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Baby name
Brandon
Boy
Origin of the name
Brandon comes from an English place name and surname, generally explained by the Old English brōm, “broom” (the shrub), and dūn, “hill.”
Short-lived name
770,509births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 6rank at its peak, in 1992
Where babies named Brandon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Brandon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Brandon is most common in Nevada (1.7 times), Hawaii (1.5) and Alaska (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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