Brayden

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946 · #229 for boys in 2025, 1,545 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2011 · 9,025 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
136,548
since 1970

Brayden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #36, 2011boys
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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—#2291,545
2024#8,94611#1901,923
2023#10,3129#1602,285
2022#10,3839#1492,591
2021#7,63014#1312,849
2020#10,2509#1113,294
2019#7,71614#1013,690
2018#8,61712#844,422
2017#7,44215#725,178
2016#6,18620#645,734
2015#7,61315#616,282
2014#5,45624#626,596
2013#3,84939#487,455
2012#5,25326#398,513
2011#3,65942#369,025
2010#3,47046#409,122
2009#3,04756#488,603
2008#2,99558#518,445
2007#2,71067#647,226
2006#2,85061#796,160
2005#2,82758#805,512
2004#2,22979#1074,066
2003#2,61061#1103,672
2002#2,78054#1382,809
2001#2,70055#1762,129
2000#2,94048#1991,760
1999#3,18840#2221,523
1998#3,64832#2841,015
1997#4,50823#351724
1996#4,30624#390604
1995#6,64113#480450
1994#5,71316#586310
1993#9,5598#651250
1992—#795173
1991—#885142
1990—#1,042103
1989—#1,17382
1988—#1,31961
1987—#1,70939
1986—#1,53543
1985—#1,97529
1984—#2,95615
1983—#3,41112
1982—#2,83116
1981—#4,5098
1980—#3,25613
1979—#4,0689
1978—#3,40011
1977—#4,5827
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,9418
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1970—#4,2306
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Brayden! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Brayden is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #90 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 294 boysAKMaine: #78 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 235 boysMEVermont: #24 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 99 boysVTNew Hampshire: #54 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 170 boysNHWashington: #124 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 486 boysWAIdaho: #121 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 409 boysIDMontana: #148 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 451 boysMTNorth Dakota: #88 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 278 boysNDMinnesota: #96 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 376 boysMNIllinois: #103 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 449 boysILWisconsin: #96 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 357 boysWIMichigan: #80 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 325 boysMINew York: #80 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 360 boysNYMassachusetts: #60 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 244 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 110 boysRIOregon: #125 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 449 boysORNevada: #144 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 506 boysNVWyoming: #75 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 202 boysWYSouth Dakota: #110 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 316 boysSDIowa: #103 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 378 boysIAIndiana: #91 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 358 boysINOhio: #83 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 339 boysOHPennsylvania: #64 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 252 boysPANew Jersey: #62 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 270 boysNJConnecticut: #56 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 220 boysCTCalifornia: #144 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 624 boysCAUtah: #247 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 929 boysUTColorado: #120 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 469 boysCONebraska: #148 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 523 boysNEMissouri: #88 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 341 boysMOKentucky: #67 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 272 boysKYWest Virginia: #63 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 222 boysWVVirginia: #66 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 268 boysVAMaryland: #64 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 269 boysMDDelaware: #30 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 129 boysDEArizona: #102 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 380 boysAZNew Mexico: #109 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 364 boysNMKansas: #106 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 373 boysKSArkansas: #82 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 301 boysARTennessee: #80 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 341 boysTNNorth Carolina: #61 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 259 boysNCSouth Carolina: #48 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 211 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #137 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 438 boysDCOklahoma: #160 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 588 boysOKLouisiana: #69 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 279 boysLAMississippi: #54 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 220 boysMSAlabama: #57 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 243 boysALGeorgia: #63 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 269 boysGAHawaii: #71 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 256 boysHITexas: #120 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 519 boysTXFlorida: #81 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 349 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#23 · 1 in 110
  2. Vermont#24 · 1 in 99
  3. Delaware#30 · 1 in 129
  4. South Carolina#48 · 1 in 211
  5. New Hampshire#54 · 1 in 170

Best ever in a state: #3 in Kentucky, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#23321 in 110
Vermont#24151 in 99
Delaware#30251 in 129
South Carolina#48991 in 211
Mississippi#54591 in 220
New Hampshire#54251 in 170
Connecticut#56631 in 220
Alabama#57931 in 243
Massachusetts#601161 in 244
North Carolina#611941 in 259
New Jersey#621491 in 270
Georgia#631941 in 269
West Virginia#63341 in 222
Maryland#64981 in 269
Pennsylvania#642271 in 252
Virginia#661521 in 268
Kentucky#67771 in 272
Louisiana#69821 in 279
Hawaii#71151 in 256
Wyoming#7571 in 202
Maine#78181 in 235
Michigan#801411 in 325
New York#802661 in 360
Tennessee#801041 in 341
Florida#812751 in 349
Arkansas#82451 in 301
Ohio#831691 in 339
Missouri#88891 in 341
North Dakota#88141 in 278
Alaska#90101 in 294
Indiana#91951 in 358
Minnesota#96711 in 376
Wisconsin#96721 in 357
Arizona#102901 in 380
Illinois#1031331 in 449
Iowa#103381 in 378
Kansas#106391 in 373
New Mexico#109211 in 364
South Dakota#110121 in 316
Colorado#120551 in 469
Texas#1203371 in 519
Idaho#121191 in 409
Washington#124711 in 486
Oregon#125371 in 449
District of Columbia#13791 in 438
California#1443311 in 624
Nevada#144261 in 506
Montana#14881 in 451
Nebraska#148181 in 523
Oklahoma#160321 in 588
Utah#247211 in 929

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 Brayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#190 → #229)
  • 118 spots since 2020 (#111 → #229)
  • 168 spots since 2015 (#61 → #229)
  • Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1991 (#1,042 → #885)
  • Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2025 (#190 → #229)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2011 at #36 (9,025 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 2005–2018
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 210
  • Highest: 1 in 210 boys born in 2010 were named Brayden (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,106 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #36 in 2011, was only 1 in 210 (0.48%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 48.3% of all boys named Brayden (66,017) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s50#3,400 (1978)#3,991
1980s318#1,173 (1989)#2,467
1990s5,294#222 (1999)#569
2000s50,382#48 (2009)#105
2010s66,017#36 (2011)#61
2020s14,487#111 (2020)#162

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.

Brayden in 2018

girls
#8,617
12 births · 1 in 141,756 girls
boys
#84
4,422 births · 1 in 411 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #8,617Brayden12

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #84Brayden4,422
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 141,756 of them was named Brayden, which outranked 52.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brayden
  1. #8,146Zonnique13
  2. #8,146Zuriyah13
  3. #8,146Zyaira13
  4. #8,617Brayden12
  5. #8,617Aaila12
  6. #8,617Aalina12
  7. #8,617Aamilah12
  8. #9,151Aaima11
  9. #9,151Aalyah11
  10. #9,151Abbigayle11

Tied with 533 names at #8,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 411 of them was named Brayden, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brayden
  1. #81Austin4,693
  2. #82Santiago4,670
  3. #83Cooper4,473
  4. #84Brayden4,422
  5. #85Evan4,392
  6. #86Roman4,390
  7. #87Ezekiel4,366
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →