Boy
Brandon
Rooted in English, Brandon is a boy's name that means "From the broom-covered hill". It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is about as mainstream as a name gets. In total, about 757,774 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
EnglishFrom the broom-covered hill
Old EnglishHill covered in broom shrubs
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
74
1920s
126
1930s
86
1940s
192
1950s
1,209
1960s
4,374
1970s
65,891
1980s
234,294
1990s
260,144
2000s
143,220
2010s
48,164
Peaked in the 1990s · 757,774 total U.S. births since 1900