Braiden
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 557 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,637since 1984
Braiden over time
Rank among boys' names. Braiden has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | #2,833 | 44 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,221 | 64 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,907 | 82 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,632 | 103 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,347 | 132 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,507 | 113 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,228 | 151 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,036 | 194 | |
| 2016 | — | #894 | 243 | |
| 2015 | — | #902 | 241 | |
| 2014 | — | #821 | 277 | |
| 2013 | — | #759 | 298 | |
| 2012 | — | #601 | 421 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #545 | 468 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #468 | 557 |
| 2009 | — | #484 | 563 | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #493 | 555 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #533 | 482 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #603 | 403 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #582 | 391 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #669 | 305 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #758 | 234 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #753 | 230 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #843 | 192 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #986 | 150 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #975 | 147 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,338 | 89 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #1,321 | 82 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,577 | 59 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,822 | 47 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | — | #2,046 | 38 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Braiden! It came in at #5,561, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Braiden is popular in 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#251 · 1 in 1,462
- Texas#1,558 · 1 in 30,621
Best ever in a state: #140 in West Virginia, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #251 | 12 | 1 in 1,462 |
| Texas | #1,558 | 5 | 1 in 30,621 |
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See more about Braiden
- 440 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,833)
- 1,486 spots since 2020 (#1,347 → #2,833)
- 1,931 spots since 2015 (#902 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 363 spots in 1999 (#1,338 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2013 (#601 → #759)
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 2010 at #468 (557 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1999–2016
- Highest: 1 in 3,445 boys born in 2010 were named Braiden (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.9% of all boys named Braiden (3,505) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55 | #3,203 (1988) | #4,975 |
| 1990s | 631 | #975 (1999) | #1,860 |
| 2000s | 3,505 | #484 (2009) | #670 |
| 2010s | 2,963 | #468 (2010) | #876 |
| 2020s | 483 | #1,347 (2020) | #2,056 |
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.
Braiden in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 351,710 of them was named Braiden, which outranked 15.0% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,367 names at #13,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 32,266 of them was named Braiden, which outranked 84.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,559Markanthony60
- #1,559Tracey60
- #1,559Zakery60
- #1,577Braiden59
- #1,577Donny59
- #1,577Javontae59
- #1,577Jaymes59
- #1,588Dashon58
- #1,588Demarkus58
- #1,588Devontay58
Tied with 10 names at #1,577; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.