Brace vs Brandon

Side-by-side comparison of Brace and Brandon — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Brace

Boy name

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Name B

Brandon

Boy name · Rank #230

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Metric Brace Brandon
Current Rank Unranked #230
Total Births (all years) 121 769,149
Peak Year 2012 1992
Peak Year Births 10 29,627
Peak Decade 2010ss 1990ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1912 1914

Births by Decade

Decade Brace Brandon
1910ss 11 74
1920ss — 125
1930ss — 86
1940ss 5 192
1950ss 18 1,176
1960ss 18 4,277
1970ss — 65,050
1980ss 6 232,206
1990ss — 259,415
2000ss 10 142,995
2010ss 53 54,116
2020ss — 9,437

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Brace Brandon
2014 9 5,856
2015 6 5,126
2016 5 4,101
2017 9 3,497
2018 — 3,210
2019 7 2,685
2020 — 2,312
2021 — 2,134
2022 — 1,774
2023 — 1,664
2024 — 1,553

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1912–2019.

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