Brenson
Brenson S. Wase is a Marshallese politician who has been Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands since 2024, and a member of the legislature since 1983. He has been the head of the ministries of Social Services, Resources and Development, Interior and Outer Islands Affairs, Internal Affairs, Transportation and Communications, Finance, and Justice between 1984 and 2023.
Meaning & Origin of Brenson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brenson S. Wase is a Marshallese politician who has been Speaker of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands since 2024, and a member of the legislature since 1983. He has been the head of the ministries of Social Services, Resources and Development, Interior and Outer Islands Affairs, Internal Affairs, Transportation and Communications, Finance, and Justice between 1984 and 2023.
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The Story of Brenson
The earliest SSA record of Brenson as a baby boy name dates back to 1988, when 9 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Brenson — #5,478 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Brenson on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Brenson last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 258 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Brenson
Brenson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 258 births in the dataset. Brenson's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #5,478. Use the chart and map above to compare Brenson's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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