Boys' name · since 1912

Brace

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.

#16,154 of 45,481
all-time among boys
121
born since 1912
2010s
peak decade

Brace sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 121 recorded since 1912.

Brace has 121 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2019.

  • #16,154 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 121 born since 1912
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brace ranks #16,154 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1912, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,154 of 45,481
all-time among boys
121
born since 1912
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Brace's 121 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Brace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Brace splits its recorded history at 1989: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Brace popularity over time

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

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
10
Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
4681012 1912195319611989201220152019 7

Brace by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 44% of the file).

2010s was Brace's strongest decade.

53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Brace births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brace? ▼
121 babies have been named Brace since 1912. All-time, it sits at #16,154 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 10 births.
Where does Brace sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brace ranks #16,154 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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? ▼
Records for Brace go back to 1912, giving 108 years of history 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.

Keep exploring Brace

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Brace

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Brace: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brace draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.