Braeden
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #13,704 · #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 1,004 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,642since 1973
Braeden over time
Rank among boys' names. Braeden has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | #3,314 | 35 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,737 | 47 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,083 | 72 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,784 | 89 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,798 | 83 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,494 | 114 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,418 | 123 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,219 | 150 | |
| 2016 | — | #993 | 205 | |
| 2015 | — | #796 | 293 | |
| 2014 | — | #793 | 289 | |
| 2013 | — | #714 | 330 | |
| 2012 | — | #576 | 446 | |
| 2011 | — | #476 | 561 | |
| 2010 | — | #409 | 689 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #373 | 816 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #345 | 948 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #325 | 979 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #333 | 966 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #322 | 1,004 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #324 | 941 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #330 | 876 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #360 | 741 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #415 | 605 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #451 | 527 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #522 | 406 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #636 | 280 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #701 | 227 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #827 | 173 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #1,069 | 110 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #1,075 | 108 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,205 | 87 |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Braeden! It came in at #5,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Braeden is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#125 · 1 in 439
- North Dakota#150 · 1 in 499
- Hawaii#171 · 1 in 626
- New Hampshire#171 · 1 in 754
- Wisconsin#172 · 1 in 734
Best ever in a state: #92 in South Dakota, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #125 | 9 | 1 in 439 |
| North Dakota | #150 | 7 | 1 in 499 |
| Hawaii | #171 | 8 | 1 in 626 |
| New Hampshire | #171 | 7 | 1 in 754 |
| Wisconsin | #172 | 40 | 1 in 734 |
| Massachusetts | #184 | 31 | 1 in 1,033 |
| West Virginia | #189 | 10 | 1 in 867 |
| Maine | #193 | 6 | 1 in 850 |
| Connecticut | #194 | 16 | 1 in 1,010 |
| Maryland | #217 | 25 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Pennsylvania | #235 | 46 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Minnesota | #242 | 26 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Missouri | #247 | 28 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Nevada | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,161 |
| Kansas | #257 | 16 | 1 in 1,057 |
| Kentucky | #262 | 16 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Michigan | #262 | 36 | 1 in 1,428 |
| Washington | #264 | 30 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Indiana | #279 | 25 | 1 in 1,532 |
| South Carolina | #286 | 16 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Virginia | #299 | 25 | 1 in 1,719 |
| Oregon | #317 | 14 | 1 in 1,438 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 32 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Colorado | #326 | 19 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Iowa | #330 | 10 | 1 in 1,648 |
| Louisiana | #330 | 15 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Ohio | #336 | 31 | 1 in 2,079 |
| New York | #352 | 51 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Alabama | #353 | 13 | 1 in 1,931 |
| New Jersey | #377 | 19 | 1 in 2,399 |
| Georgia | #387 | 28 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Oklahoma | #388 | 11 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Tennessee | #391 | 16 | 1 in 2,357 |
| Texas | #391 | 79 | 1 in 2,395 |
| Illinois | #394 | 31 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Arizona | #397 | 18 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Utah | #438 | 10 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Florida | #455 | 34 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Mississippi | #554 | 5 | 1 in 3,146 |
| California | #621 | 44 | 1 in 5,777 |
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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 Braeden
- 921 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #3,314)
- 1,516 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #3,314)
- 2,518 spots since 2015 (#796 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1996 (#1,069 → #827)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 2017 (#993 → #1,219)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2005 at #322 (1,004 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1996–2016
- Highest: 1 in 1,989 boys born in 2005 were named Braeden (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 61.6% of all boys named Braeden (8,403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,579 |
| 1980s | 120 | #2,400 (1987) | #4,164 |
| 1990s | 1,525 | #522 (1999) | #1,158 |
| 2000s | 8,403 | #322 (2005) | #358 |
| 2010s | 3,200 | #409 (2010) | #889 |
| 2020s | 384 | #1,784 (2021) | #2,352 |
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.
Braeden in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 189,094 of them was named Braeden, which outranked 47.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,084Ziza11
- #10,084Znya11
- #10,084Zunaira11
- #10,807Braeden10
- #10,807Aalliyah10
- #10,807Aalyssa10
- #10,807Aanshi10
- #11,599Aadhya9
- #11,599Aadyn9
- #11,599Aarin9
Tied with 791 names at #10,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 2,152 of them was named Braeden, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.