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

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Peak · boys
2010 · 557 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,637
since 1984

Braiden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Braiden has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #468, 2010boys
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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—#2,83344
2024—#2,39358
2023—#2,22164
2022—#1,90782
2021—#1,632103
2020—#1,347132
2019—#1,507113
2018—#1,228151
2017—#1,036194
2016—#894243
2015—#902241
2014—#821277
2013—#759298
2012—#601421
2011#14,8246#545468
2010#10,45110#468557
2009—#484563
2008#11,5999#493555
2007#12,6768#533482
2006#12,4208#603403
2005#8,88312#582391
2004#8,25913#669305
2003#13,8446#758234
2002#11,1088#753230
2001#7,31714#843192
2000#13,1546#986150
1999#8,22311#975147
1998#10,1228#1,33889
1997#12,0706#1,40278
1996#8,13210#1,32182
1995#13,3865#1,57759
1994#10,5697#1,82247
1993#13,4425#1,68052
1992—#2,04638
1991—#2,82823
1990—#3,60716
1989—#4,01713
1988—#3,20316
1987—#6,0896
1986—#4,4579
1985—#6,5235
1984—#5,5616
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First appearance
1984

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 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNHWashington: #626 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,963 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #743 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,603 boysMNIllinois: #1,043 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,416 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedWIMichigan: #617 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,363 boysMINew York: #946 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 7,883 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedIAIndiana: #646 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,457 boysINOhio: #495 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 3,315 boysOHPennsylvania: #663 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,432 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,269 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 16,216 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedUTColorado: #672 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,471 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedMOKentucky: #404 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,467 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedWVVirginia: #684 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,215 boysVAMaryland: #677 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,580 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedDEArizona: #555 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,679 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedKSArkansas: #468 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,375 boysARTennessee: #410 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,371 boysTNNorth Carolina: #628 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,583 boysNCSouth Carolina: #511 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,030 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #686 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,227 boysOKLouisiana: #477 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,471 boysLAMississippi: #292 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,349 boysMSAlabama: #588 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,729 boysALGeorgia: #632 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,130 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Braiden, so not publishedHITexas: #793 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 6,438 boysTXFlorida: #1,033 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,340 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#292 · 1 in 1,349
  2. Kentucky#404 · 1 in 2,467
  3. Tennessee#410 · 1 in 2,371
  4. Arkansas#468 · 1 in 2,375
  5. Louisiana#477 · 1 in 2,471

Best ever in a state: #140 in West Virginia, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#292101 in 1,349
Kentucky#40491 in 2,467
Tennessee#410151 in 2,371
Arkansas#46861 in 2,375
Louisiana#477101 in 2,471
Ohio#495181 in 3,315
South Carolina#51171 in 3,030
Arizona#555101 in 3,679
Alabama#58861 in 3,729
Michigan#617111 in 4,363
Washington#62691 in 3,963
North Carolina#628111 in 4,583
Georgia#632131 in 4,130
Indiana#64681 in 4,457
Pennsylvania#663111 in 5,432
Colorado#67261 in 4,471
Maryland#67761 in 4,580
Virginia#68481 in 5,215
Oklahoma#68651 in 4,227
Minnesota#74351 in 5,603
Texas#793281 in 6,438
New York#946131 in 7,883
Florida#1,033101 in 9,340
Illinois#1,04371 in 9,416
California#1,269141 in 16,216
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See more about Braiden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1984
  • Peaked 2010 at #468 (557 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1999–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,445
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 45.9% of all boys named Braiden (3,505) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s55#3,203 (1988)#4,975
1990s631#975 (1999)#1,860
2000s3,505#484 (2009)#670
2010s2,963#468 (2010)#876
2020s483#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 2013

boys
#759
298 births · 1 in 6,348 boys

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #759Braiden298
More about 2013

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 6,348 of them was named Braiden, which outranked 94.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braiden
  1. #756Wayne301
  2. #757Cassius300
  3. #757Jaydon300
  4. #759Braiden298
  5. #759Ariel298
  6. #759Kyree298
  7. #762Amos296
  8. #762Jamie296
  9. #762Junior296

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

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 843Jayceon#1,050 → #207
  2. ↑ 636Milan#1,182 → #546
  3. ↑ 604Atlas#1,383 → #779
  4. ↑ 504Jayse#1,466 → #962
  5. ↑ 423Duke#1,145 → #722
Fallers
  1. ↓ 318Austyn#898 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 291Masen#723 → #1,014
  3. ↓ 274Jaidyn#979 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 267Trevon#925 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 260Bently#637 → #897

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →