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.
44% of everyone ever named Brace was born in this single decade.
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 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brace popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1912
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
121 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 10 births in a single year.
Brace by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 53 births that decade — 44% of Brace's all-time total
Brace decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brace's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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.