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

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Peak · boys
2009 · 1,035 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,315
since 1977

Braydon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Braydon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #311, 2009boys
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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—#1,77890
2024—#1,599107
2023—#1,420128
2022—#1,379135
2021—#1,103189
2020—#1,074186
2019—#974220
2018—#855258
2017—#713342
2016—#672384
2015—#572491
2014—#525528
2013—#472588
2012—#397734
2011#13,3477#369805
2010—#341924
2009—#3111,035
2008—#3241,022
2007—#364870
2006—#397758
2005#13,0107#385752
2004#10,6909#414629
2003—#516467
2002—#516439
2001—#592338
2000—#558377
1999—#578337
1998—#630288
1997—#832174
1996—#893151
1995—#1,005122
1994—#1,20092
1993—#1,20587
1992—#1,38267
1991—#2,01937
1990—#2,43228
1989—#2,35928
1988—#1,98932
1987—#3,52113
1986—#3,13115
1985—#4,05210
1984—#3,70111
1983—#6,2385
1982—#6,3855
1981—#4,9617
1980—#6,2505
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1977—#5,8455
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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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedAKMaine: #227 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,006 boysMEVermont: #123 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 384 boysVTNew Hampshire: #190 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 850 boysNHWashington: #348 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,760 boysWAIdaho: #392 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,753 boysIDMontana: #199 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 667 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #311 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,622 boysMNIllinois: #458 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,902 boysILWisconsin: #214 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 990 boysWIMichigan: #301 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,645 boysMINew York: #457 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 3,077 boysNYMassachusetts: #405 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,823 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedRIOregon: #311 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,380 boysORNevada: #469 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,871 boysNVWyoming: #153 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 414 boysWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedSDIowa: #226 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 879 boysIAIndiana: #207 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 935 boysINOhio: #220 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 1,139 boysOHPennsylvania: #171 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 863 boysPANew Jersey: #427 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,788 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #531 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 4,248 boysCAUtah: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,597 boysUTColorado: #371 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,916 boysCONebraska: #363 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,729 boysNEMissouri: #239 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,195 boysMOKentucky: #127 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 509 boysKYWest Virginia: #109 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 373 boysWVVirginia: #396 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,480 boysVAMaryland: #578 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,108 boysMDDelaware: #185 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 755 boysDEArizona: #279 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,377 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedNMKansas: #221 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 930 boysKSArkansas: #204 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 835 boysARTennessee: #209 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,009 boysTNNorth Carolina: #275 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,495 boysNCSouth Carolina: #216 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,033 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Braydon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #274 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,192 boysOKLouisiana: #234 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,089 boysLAMississippi: #240 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,146 boysMSAlabama: #209 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 966 boysALGeorgia: #294 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,595 boysGAHawaii: #180 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 658 boysHITexas: #397 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 2,486 boysTXFlorida: #448 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 2,803 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#109 · 1 in 373
  2. Vermont#123 · 1 in 384
  3. Kentucky#127 · 1 in 509
  4. Wyoming#153 · 1 in 414
  5. Pennsylvania#171 · 1 in 863

Best ever in a state: #106 in Wyoming, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#109231 in 373
Vermont#12351 in 384
Kentucky#127461 in 509
Wyoming#15351 in 414
Pennsylvania#171721 in 863
Hawaii#18071 in 658
Delaware#18551 in 755
New Hampshire#19061 in 850
Montana#19961 in 667
Arkansas#204181 in 835
Indiana#207401 in 935
Alabama#209251 in 966
Tennessee#209361 in 1,009
Wisconsin#214291 in 990
South Carolina#216211 in 1,033
Ohio#220551 in 1,139
Kansas#221181 in 930
Iowa#226181 in 879
Maine#22751 in 1,006
Louisiana#234231 in 1,089
Missouri#239281 in 1,195
Mississippi#240131 in 1,146
Oklahoma#274181 in 1,192
North Carolina#275361 in 1,495
Arizona#279291 in 1,377
Georgia#294371 in 1,595
Michigan#301301 in 1,645
Minnesota#311181 in 1,622
Oregon#311141 in 1,380
Washington#348211 in 1,760
Nebraska#36361 in 1,729
Colorado#371151 in 1,916
Idaho#39251 in 1,753
Virginia#396171 in 2,480
Texas#397751 in 2,486
Massachusetts#405111 in 2,823
New Jersey#427161 in 2,788
Florida#448341 in 2,803
New York#457351 in 3,077
Illinois#458251 in 2,902
Nevada#46951 in 2,871
California#531571 in 4,248
Maryland#57871 in 4,108
Utah#67051 in 4,597
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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
  • 179 spots since 2024 (#1,599 → #1,778)
  • 704 spots since 2020 (#1,074 → #1,778)
  • 1,206 spots since 2015 (#572 → #1,778)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1998 (#832 → #630)
  • Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2018 (#713 → #855)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#5,845 (1977)#5,845
1980s131#1,989 (1988)#4,259
1990s1,383#578 (1999)#1,218
2000s6,687#311 (2009)#438
2010s5,274#341 (2010)#589
2020s835#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.

Braydon in 2009

boys
#311
1,035 births · 1 in 1,916 boys

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #311Braydon1,035
More about 2009

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 1,916 of them was named Braydon, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braydon
  1. #308Bennett1,048
  2. #309Declan1,046
  3. #310Allen1,039
  4. #311Braydon1,035
  5. #312Emilio1,027
  6. #313Trey1,024
  7. #314Julius1,018
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →