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

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Peak · boys
2005 · 1,004 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,642
since 1973

Braeden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Braeden has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #322, 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—#3,31435
2024—#2,39358
2023—#2,73747
2022—#2,08372
2021—#1,78489
2020—#1,79883
2019—#1,494114
2018—#1,418123
2017—#1,219150
2016—#993205
2015—#796293
2014—#793289
2013—#714330
2012—#576446
2011—#476561
2010—#409689
2009#13,7047#373816
2008#10,80710#345948
2007#10,81810#325979
2006#8,71513#333966
2005#5,43723#3221,004
2004#5,20824#324941
2003#7,58014#330876
2002#5,67320#360741
2001#8,19612#415605
2000#7,58013#451527
1999#7,71612#522406
1998#6,07316#636280
1997#7,28312#701227
1996#11,8076#827173
1995#7,51411#1,069110
1994#8,12210#1,075108
1993#11,7806#1,20587
1992—#1,54657
1991#13,1475#1,74446
1990—#2,25531
1989—#2,46926
1988#10,3866#3,35015
1987—#2,40023
1986—#4,13010
1985—#4,3339
1984—#3,70111
1983—#4,9077
1982—#6,3855
1981—#5,4686
1980—#4,4958
1979—#6,0565
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First appearance
1973

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 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedNHWashington: #545 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,026 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #746 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,603 boysMNIllinois: #1,069 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,486 boysILWisconsin: #506 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,045 boysWIMichigan: #576 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,759 boysMINew York: #760 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 5,708 boysNYMassachusetts: #432 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,991 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedRIOregon: #616 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,670 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedIAIndiana: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,017 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #653 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,065 boysPANew Jersey: #775 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,991 boysNJConnecticut: #473 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,926 boysCTCalifornia: #959 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 10,056 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedNEMissouri: #753 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,393 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedWVVirginia: #590 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,231 boysVAMaryland: #509 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,136 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedDEArizona: #888 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,517 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedARTennessee: #802 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,046 boysTNNorth Carolina: #739 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,745 boysNCSouth Carolina: #573 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,576 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #698 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,130 boysOKLouisiana: #576 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,151 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedALGeorgia: #719 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,001 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Braeden, so not publishedHITexas: #949 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,479 boysTXFlorida: #1,075 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,601 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#432 · 1 in 2,991
  2. Connecticut#473 · 1 in 2,926
  3. Wisconsin#506 · 1 in 3,045
  4. Maryland#509 · 1 in 3,136
  5. Washington#545 · 1 in 3,026

Best ever in a state: #92 in South Dakota, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#432101 in 2,991
Connecticut#47351 in 2,926
Wisconsin#50691 in 3,045
Maryland#50991 in 3,136
Washington#545121 in 3,026
South Carolina#57361 in 3,576
Louisiana#57681 in 3,151
Michigan#576131 in 3,759
Virginia#590101 in 4,231
Indiana#61091 in 4,017
Oregon#61651 in 3,670
Pennsylvania#653121 in 5,065
Oklahoma#69851 in 4,130
Georgia#719111 in 5,001
North Carolina#73991 in 5,745
Minnesota#74651 in 5,603
Missouri#75361 in 5,393
New York#760181 in 5,708
New Jersey#77571 in 5,991
Tennessee#80261 in 6,046
Arizona#88851 in 7,517
Texas#949221 in 8,479
California#959231 in 10,056
Illinois#1,06971 in 9,486
Florida#1,075101 in 9,601
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2005 at #322 (1,004 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1996–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,989
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 61.6% of all boys named Braeden (8,403) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s10#5,101 (1973)#5,579
1980s120#2,400 (1987)#4,164
1990s1,525#522 (1999)#1,158
2000s8,403#322 (2005)#358
2010s3,200#409 (2010)#889
2020s384#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 2014

boys
#793
289 births · 1 in 6,647 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #793Braeden289
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 6,647 of them was named Braeden, which outranked 94.4% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braeden
  1. #790Chaim291
  2. #790Eugene291
  3. #790Kase291
  4. #793Braeden289
  5. #793Camron289
  6. #795Alfred288
  7. #795Apollo288
  8. #795Billy288

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

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →