Recorded 1912–2019 Boys' name Peak 2012 121 births

Brace — boys' name

121 babies named Brace in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111940s51950s181960s181980s62000s102010s53
2010s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Brace was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

10 babies were named Brace in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brace

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Brace between 1912 and 2019, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brace currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brace performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Brace shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 121 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Brace at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

121

Since 1912

108 years of records

Peak year

2012

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1912

Recorded for 108 years

Last year on file: 2019

Brace popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1912

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
10
Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
4681012 2019201520121989196119531912 6

Brace by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
53 births that decade — 44% of Brace's all-time total
1910s111940s51950s181960s181980s62000s102010s53

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brace?
121 babies have been named Brace since 1912. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 10 births.
When was Brace most popular?
Brace was most popular in the 2010s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Brace been used?
Brace has been recorded in Social Security data since 1912, spanning 108 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Brace?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brandon, Bradley, Brayden, Brady, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.