Branch
- #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,063since 1889
Branch over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Branch has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2023 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #2,408 | 58 |
| 2021 | #1,915 | 79 |
| 2020 | #1,911 | 77 |
| 2019 | #1,868 | 80 |
| 2018 | #1,707 | 92 |
| 2017 | #2,014 | 70 |
| 2016 | #1,959 | 74 |
| 2015 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
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| 1971 | — | |
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| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Branch! It came in at #789, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Branch is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Branch in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Branch
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,539 spots since 2020 (#1,911 → #3,450)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,797
- Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1889 were named Branch (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 39.5% of all boys named Branch (420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #789 (1889) | #789 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 29 | #2,458 (1915) | #3,072 |
| 1920s | 57 | #1,941 (1923) | #2,643 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,261 |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,534 (1946) | #2,667 |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,222 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,356 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,961 (1981) | #6,145 |
| 1990s | 29 | #6,992 (1995) | #8,228 |
| 2000s | 38 | #7,416 (2000) | #9,981 |
| 2010s | 420 | #1,707 (2018) | #4,755 |
| 2020s | 330 | #1,911 (2020) | #2,612 |
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.
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