Brenda
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About Brenda
The name Brenda is currently ranked #915 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #11 in 1961. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in BRENDA, BRENDA, and BRENDA. Brenda is occasionally used for boys in 2007.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #730 | 384 | 215 |
| 2015 | #805 | 349 | 195.5 |
| 2016 | #840 | 340 | 191.9 |
| 2017 | #910 | 294 | 170.3 |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 257 | 151.1 |
| 2019 | #1,069 | 236 | 140.6 |
| 2020 | #1,261 | 180 | 111.3 |
| 2021 | #1,206 | 198 | 120.7 |
| 2022 | #1,265 | 189 | 115.2 |
| 2023 | #1,298 | 176 | 109.7 |
| 2024 | #1,139 | 212 | 130.8 |
| 2025 | #1,527 | 139 | 86.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Brendas
- Brenda Chapman
American director
- Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean Paul
English actress and socialite
- Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley)
American pop singer
- Brenda Anne Blethyn
English actress
- Brenda Song
American actress
- Brenda Lee Strong
American actress
- Brenda Diana Duff Frazier
American socialite
- Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo)
American actress
- Brenda Marshall (born Ardis Ankerson)
American actress
- Brenda Fricker
Irish actress
- Brenda Ann Benet
American actress
- Brenda Buell Vaccaro
American actress
- Brenda Irene Dickson
American actress
- Brenda Bruce
English actress
- Brenda Buttner
American TV journalist
- Brenda Doreen Mignon de Banzie
English actress
- Brenda Venus
American model and actress
- Brenda Anne Marie Schultz
McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
- Brenda Lea Turnbaugh
American actress; twin sister Wendi Turnbaugh
- Brenda Jean Bakke
American actress
- Brenda Novak
American romance novelist
- Brenda Fagundes
Brazilian Model
- Brenda Milner
British neuropsychologist
Brenda in pop culture
- "Brenda Starr
Reporter," comic strip and film
- Brenda Walsh
character on TV's "Beverly Hills 90210"
- Brenda Leigh Johnson
main character on TV's "The Closer"
- Brenda
Tony Last's unfaithful wife in "A Handful of Dust" (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
- Brenda Montgomery
character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
- Brenda Jenkins
character on TV's "227"
- Brenda Meeks
character from "Scary Movie"
- Brenda
a character in "The Scorch Trials"
- "Brenda's Got a Baby
" song by Tupac Shakur
