Bracken
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 618since 1971
Bracken over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bracken has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
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| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Bracken! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bracken is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Bracken in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bracken
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- 166 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1998 at #2,651 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,657
- Highest: 1 in 61,657 boys born in 1998 were named Bracken (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 29.3% of all boys named Bracken (181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46 | #2,902 (1975) | #4,281 |
| 1980s | 70 | #2,912 (1983) | #5,233 |
| 1990s | 156 | #2,651 (1998) | #4,282 |
| 2000s | 181 | #3,670 (2002) | #4,768 |
| 2010s | 140 | #4,251 (2012) | #6,282 |
| 2020s | 25 | #8,910 (2025) | #10,758 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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