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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • 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: #290 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,117 boysWAIdaho: #171 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 864 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #143 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 848 boysNDMinnesota: #209 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,934 boysMNIllinois: #577 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,250 boysILWisconsin: #328 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,638 boysWIMichigan: #732 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,448 boysMINew York: #955 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 14,935 boysNYMassachusetts: #490 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,305 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #221 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,794 boysIAIndiana: #267 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,351 boysINOhio: #285 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,746 boysOHPennsylvania: #424 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,016 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #535 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 6,124 boysCAUtah: #98 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 404 boysUTColorado: #398 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,465 boysCONebraska: #226 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,764 boysNEMissouri: #452 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,324 boysMOKentucky: #389 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,951 boysKYWest Virginia: #201 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,721 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedVAMaryland: #479 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,449 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNMKansas: #165 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,005 boysKSArkansas: #322 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,493 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #387 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,907 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #170 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 940 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: #652 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,950 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Braden, so not publishedHITexas: #436 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 3,649 boysTXFlorida: #740 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,893 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#98 · 1 in 404
  2. North Dakota#143 · 1 in 848
  3. Kansas#165 · 1 in 1,005
  4. Oklahoma#170 · 1 in 940
  5. Idaho#171 · 1 in 864

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#98411 in 404
North Dakota#14351 in 848
Kansas#165161 in 1,005
Oklahoma#170221 in 940
Idaho#17181 in 864
West Virginia#20161 in 1,721
Minnesota#209161 in 1,934
Iowa#221101 in 1,794
Nebraska#22661 in 1,764
Indiana#267171 in 2,351
Ohio#285291 in 2,746
Washington#290171 in 2,117
Arkansas#32261 in 2,493
Wisconsin#32891 in 3,638
South Carolina#38781 in 2,907
Kentucky#38951 in 4,951
Colorado#39871 in 3,465
Pennsylvania#424161 in 5,016
Texas#436421 in 3,649
Missouri#45271 in 5,324
Maryland#47961 in 5,449
Massachusetts#49051 in 8,305
California#535471 in 6,124
Illinois#577141 in 6,250
Georgia#65271 in 6,950
Michigan#73261 in 11,448
Florida#74091 in 9,893
New York#95591 in 14,935
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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 1991

girls
#9,336
8 births · 1 in 234,376 girls
boys
#472
439 births · 1 in 4,602 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #9,336Braden8

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #472Braden439
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 234,376 of them was named Braden, which outranked 39.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braden
  1. #8,588Zola9
  2. #8,588Zoua9
  3. #8,588Zuleica9
  4. #9,336Braden8
  5. #9,336Aaisha8
  6. #9,336Aaryn8
  7. #9,336Abbigale8
  8. #10,271Abelina7
  9. #10,271Abeni7
  10. #10,271Abiola7

Tied with 934 names at #9,336; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 4,602 of them was named Braden, which outranked 95.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braden
  1. #469Chaz446
  2. #470Neal444
  3. #471Keegan442
  4. #472Braden439
  5. #473Wilson436
  6. #474Korey435
  7. #475Perry429
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →