Branton
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 921since 1928
Branton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Branton has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,456 | 31 |
| 2013 | #3,964 | 25 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five boys were named Branton! It came in at #4,151, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Branton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Branton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Branton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1997 at #2,903 (26 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61,964
- Highest: 1 in 61,964 boys born in 2014 were named Branton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,903 in 1997, was only 1 in 72,505 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.4% of all boys named Branton (234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,855 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,645 (1935) | #3,645 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 27 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,503 |
| 1970s | 71 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,375 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,912 (1983) | #3,715 |
| 1990s | 195 | #2,903 (1997) | #3,473 |
| 2000s | 234 | #2,943 (2002) | #3,925 |
| 2010s | 213 | #3,456 (2014) | #4,754 |
| 2020s | 43 | #6,620 (2020) | #8,964 |
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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