Braden — #1249 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braden

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,050 babies named Braden between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braden currently holds the #1249 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 3,046 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 24,071 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Braden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,979 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Braden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braden 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 46,050 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.