Bracken — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bracken

The Social Security Administration has registered 610 babies named Bracken between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bracken currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bracken performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bracken shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 154 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bracken in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bracken 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 610 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.