Braydon
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #13,347
- #1,778 for boys in 2025, 90 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 1,035 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,315since 1977
Braydon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Braydon has never cracked the top 300 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,778 | 90 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,599 | 107 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,420 | 128 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,379 | 135 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,103 | 189 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,074 | 186 | |
| 2019 | — | #974 | 220 | |
| 2018 | — | #855 | 258 | |
| 2017 | — | #713 | 342 | |
| 2016 | — | #672 | 384 | |
| 2015 | — | #572 | 491 | |
| 2014 | — | #525 | 528 | |
| 2013 | — | #472 | 588 | |
| 2012 | — | #397 | 734 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #369 | 805 |
| 2010 | — | #341 | 924 | |
| 2009 | — | #311 | 1,035 | |
| 2008 | — | #324 | 1,022 | |
| 2007 | — | #364 | 870 | |
| 2006 | — | #397 | 758 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #385 | 752 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #414 | 629 |
| 2003 | — | #516 | 467 | |
| 2002 | — | #516 | 439 | |
| 2001 | — | #592 | 338 | |
| 2000 | — | #558 | 377 | |
| 1999 | — | #578 | 337 | |
| 1998 | — | #630 | 288 | |
| 1997 | — | #832 | 174 | |
| 1996 | — | #893 | 151 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,005 | 122 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,200 | 92 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,205 | 87 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,382 | 67 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,019 | 37 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,989 | 32 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Braydon! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Braydon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Kentucky#569 · 1 in 2,934
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- California#1,582 · 1 in 17,547
- Florida#1,625 · 1 in 15,922
Best ever in a state: #106 in Wyoming, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| California | #1,582 | 10 | 1 in 17,547 |
| Florida | #1,625 | 6 | 1 in 15,922 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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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 Braydon
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 704 spots since 2020 (#1,074 → #1,778)
- Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2009 at #311 (1,035 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1996–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,916
- Highest: 1 in 1,916 boys born in 2009 were named Braydon (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 46.7% of all boys named Braydon (6,687) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,845 |
| 1980s | 131 | #1,989 (1988) | #4,259 |
| 1990s | 1,383 | #578 (1999) | #1,218 |
| 2000s | 6,687 | #311 (2009) | #438 |
| 2010s | 5,274 | #341 (2010) | #589 |
| 2020s | 835 | #1,074 (2020) | #1,392 |
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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