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

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Peak · boys
2005 · 3,046 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
46,235
since 1916

Braden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Braden has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #133, 2005boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,152183
2024—#1,243159
2023—#1,128187
2022—#935245
2021—#901255
2020—#809287
2019—#671388
2018—#576480
2017—#546513
2016—#501599
2015—#411758
2014—#357894
2013#16,5475#335965
2012#13,4837#3031,135
2011—#2591,342
2010—#2071,710
2009#17,2945#1852,034
2008#13,8327#1562,524
2007#15,4916#1562,689
2006#7,14217#1432,857
2005#8,88312#1333,046
2004#5,55522#1542,621
2003#9,67110#1702,353
2002#4,90624#1682,291
2001#7,72413#1911,923
2000#5,15122#2041,733
1999#5,42419#2081,643
1998#7,10413#2511,190
1997#7,28312#2671,050
1996#9,5818#2781,004
1995#5,22118#322817
1994#6,67213#341721
1993#7,49811#396585
1992#13,3175#412544
1991#9,3368#472439
1990—#486396
1989#10,8476#518342
1988—#544286
1987#7,9878#535286
1986—#506300
1985—#525276
1984—#614192
1983—#675160
1982—#620196
1981—#687158
1980—#718147
1979—#798118
1978—#820108
1977—#792117
1976—#89286
1975#7,9846#89485
1974—#99368
1973—#1,03761
1972—#1,23045
1971—#1,05759
1970—#98967
1969—#1,39633
1968—#1,39331
1967—#1,28734
1966—#1,19439
1965—#1,20640
1964—#1,58125
1963—#1,65923
1962—#2,03516
1961—#1,87619
1960—#2,53511
1959—#2,11115
1958—#2,17714
1957—#2,01916
1956—#1,64223
1955—#1,64622
1954—#2,04415
1953—#1,76519
1952—#2,15313
1951—#3,0667
1950—#2,20712
1949—#3,0197
1948—#3,0107
1947—#1,98815
1946—#2,6908
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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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNHWashington: #304 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,388 boysWAIdaho: #133 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 684 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #265 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,884 boysMNIllinois: #690 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,922 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedWIMichigan: #633 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,877 boysMINew York: #1,423 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 27,769 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedRIOregon: #211 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,444 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedSDIowa: #255 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,316 boysIAIndiana: #306 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,894 boysINOhio: #375 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,434 boysOHPennsylvania: #347 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 3,740 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #698 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 9,676 boysCAUtah: #105 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 505 boysUTColorado: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,054 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedDEArizona: #363 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,798 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNMKansas: #178 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,057 boysKSArkansas: #312 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,213 boysARTennessee: #447 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,090 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #142 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 760 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedALGeorgia: #704 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,360 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedHITexas: #414 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 3,483 boysTXFlorida: #799 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,464 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#105 · 1 in 505
  2. Idaho#133 · 1 in 684
  3. Oklahoma#142 · 1 in 760
  4. Kansas#178 · 1 in 1,057
  5. Oregon#211 · 1 in 1,444

Best ever in a state: #43 in Oklahoma, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#105331 in 505
Idaho#133101 in 684
Oklahoma#142271 in 760
Kansas#178161 in 1,057
Oregon#211141 in 1,444
Iowa#25581 in 2,316
Minnesota#265111 in 2,884
Washington#304151 in 2,388
Indiana#306141 in 2,894
Arkansas#31271 in 2,213
Pennsylvania#347221 in 3,740
Colorado#35381 in 3,054
Arizona#363111 in 2,798
Ohio#375181 in 4,434
Texas#414441 in 3,483
Tennessee#44771 in 5,090
Michigan#63381 in 8,877
Illinois#690101 in 8,922
California#698301 in 9,676
Georgia#70461 in 8,360
Florida#79981 in 11,464
New York#1,42351 in 27,769
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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.

See more about Braden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 91 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,152)
  • 343 spots since 2020 (#809 → #1,152)
  • 741 spots since 2015 (#411 → #1,152)
  • Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1970 (#1,396 → #989)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2023 (#935 → #1,128)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,516 (1916)#3,516
1920s19#3,467 (1923)#3,708
1930s22#2,854 (1936)#3,444
1940s44#1,988 (1947)#2,714
1950s156#1,642 (1956)#2,083
1960s271#1,194 (1966)#1,616
1970s814#792 (1977)#950
1980s2,343#506 (1986)#594
1990s8,389#208 (1999)#343
2000s24,071#133 (2005)#166
2010s8,784#207 (2010)#417
2020s1,316#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.

Braden in 1990

boys
#486
396 births · 1 in 5,187 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #486Braden396
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 5,187 of them was named Braden, which outranked 94.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braden
  1. #483Kerry402
  2. #484Shayne399
  3. #485Chandler397
  4. #486Braden396
  5. #486Cornelius396
  6. #488Kent394
  7. #488Vernon394
  8. #490Tomas393

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →