Bracey — boys' name
29 babies named Bracey in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Bracey since 1981, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 29
- total births
- 1981–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Bracey was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Bracey in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bracey
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Bracey between 1981 and 2008, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bracey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Bracey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bracey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bracey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bracey 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 29 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.
Bracey at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bracey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1981
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
29 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Bracey popularity over time — girls
20 total births recorded since 2000 (Bracey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Bracey accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bracey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 62% of Bracey's all-time total
Bracey decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Bracey's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 1981–2008 (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.