Brenda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Brenda
First the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate, then a glamorous 1940s debutante, then the troubled twin on Beverly Hills 90210, and now fading in favor of more modern Brenna, Briana, and Bryn. Much more likely to be worn by a mother or grandmother these days. The song "Brenda's Got a Baby" was late rap megastar Tupac's debut single.
Brenda is also given to boys.
Pronounced BREN-duh.
As of October 2026, Brenda ranked #1527 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11 in 1961, Nameberry popularity #900.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #730 | 384 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #805 | 349 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #840 | 340 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #910 | 294 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 257 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,069 | 236 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,261 | 180 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,206 | 198 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,265 | 189 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,298 | 176 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,139 | 212 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,527 | 139 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Brenda for girls
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Brenda on lists
Famous Brendas
- Brenda ChapmanGirl
American director
- Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean PaulGirl
English actress and socialite
- Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley)Girl
American pop singer
- Brenda Anne BlethynGirl
English actress
- Brenda SongGirl
American actress
- Brenda Lee StrongGirl
American actress
- Brenda Diana Duff FrazierGirl
American socialite
- Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo)Girl
American actress
- Brenda Marshall (born Ardis Ankerson)Girl
American actress
- Brenda FrickerGirl
Irish actress
- Brenda Ann BenetGirl
American actress
- Brenda Buell VaccaroGirl
American actress
- Brenda Irene DicksonGirl
American actress
- Brenda BruceGirl
English actress
- Brenda ButtnerGirl
American TV journalist
- Brenda Doreen Mignon de BanzieGirl
English actress
- Brenda VenusGirl
American model and actress
- Brenda Anne Marie SchultzGirl
McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
- Brenda Lea TurnbaughGirl
American actress; twin sister Wendi Turnbaugh
- Brenda Jean BakkeGirl
American actress
- Brenda NovakGirl
American romance novelist
- Brenda FagundesGirl
Brazilian Model
- Brenda MilnerGirl
British neuropsychologist
Brenda in pop culture
- "Brenda StarrGirl
Reporter," comic strip and film
- Brenda WalshGirl
character on TV's "Beverly Hills 90210"
- Brenda Leigh JohnsonGirl
main character on TV's "The Closer"
- BrendaGirl
Tony Last's unfaithful wife in "A Handful of Dust" (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
- Brenda MontgomeryGirl
character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
- Brenda JenkinsGirl
character on TV's "227"
- Brenda MeeksGirl
character from "Scary Movie"
- BrendaGirl
a character in "The Scorch Trials"
- "Brenda's Got a BabyGirl
" song by Tupac Shakur