Braden
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- #1,152 for boys in 2025, 183 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 3,046 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,235since 1916
Braden over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Braden has never cracked the top 100 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,152 | 183 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,243 | 159 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,128 | 187 | |
| 2022 | — | #935 | 245 | |
| 2021 | — | #901 | 255 | |
| 2020 | — | #809 | 287 | |
| 2019 | — | #671 | 388 | |
| 2018 | — | #576 | 480 | |
| 2017 | — | #546 | 513 | |
| 2016 | — | #501 | 599 | |
| 2015 | — | #411 | 758 | |
| 2014 | — | #357 | 894 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #335 | 965 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #303 | 1,135 |
| 2011 | — | #259 | 1,342 | |
| 2010 | — | #207 | 1,710 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #185 | 2,034 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #156 | 2,524 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #156 | 2,689 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #143 | 2,857 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #133 | 3,046 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #154 | 2,621 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #170 | 2,353 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #168 | 2,291 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #191 | 1,923 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #204 | 1,733 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #208 | 1,643 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #251 | 1,190 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #267 | 1,050 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #278 | 1,004 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #322 | 817 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #341 | 721 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #396 | 585 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #412 | 544 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #472 | 439 |
| 1990 | — | #486 | 396 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #518 | 342 |
| 1988 | — | #544 | 286 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #535 | 286 |
| 1986 | — | #506 | 300 | |
| 1985 | — | #525 | 276 | |
| 1984 | — | #614 | 192 | |
| 1983 | — | #675 | 160 | |
| 1982 | — | #620 | 196 | |
| 1981 | — | #687 | 158 | |
| 1980 | — | #718 | 147 | |
| 1979 | — | #798 | 118 | |
| 1978 | — | #820 | 108 | |
| 1977 | — | #792 | 117 | |
| 1976 | — | #892 | 86 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #894 | 85 |
| 1974 | — | #993 | 68 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,037 | 61 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,230 | 45 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,057 | 59 | |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,396 | 33 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
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| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Braden! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Braden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Maryland#702 · 1 in 3,816
- Missouri#709 · 1 in 3,973
- Virginia#727 · 1 in 4,139
- Pennsylvania#742 · 1 in 4,751
- New Jersey#766 · 1 in 4,971
Best ever in a state: #43 in Oklahoma, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| New Jersey | #766 | 8 | 1 in 4,971 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Ohio | #801 | 10 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| California | #1,241 | 15 | 1 in 11,698 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 91 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,152)
- 343 spots since 2020 (#809 → #1,152)
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1970
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2005 at #133 (3,046 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1974–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 656
- Highest: 1 in 656 boys born in 2005 were named Braden (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,334 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 52.1% of all boys named Braden (24,071) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,516 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,708 |
| 1930s | 22 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,444 |
| 1940s | 44 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,714 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,642 (1956) | #2,083 |
| 1960s | 271 | #1,194 (1966) | #1,616 |
| 1970s | 814 | #792 (1977) | #950 |
| 1980s | 2,343 | #506 (1986) | #594 |
| 1990s | 8,389 | #208 (1999) | #343 |
| 2000s | 24,071 | #133 (2005) | #166 |
| 2010s | 8,784 | #207 (2010) | #417 |
| 2020s | 1,316 | #809 (2020) | #1,028 |
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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