Braedan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Braedan

The Social Security Administration has registered 955 babies named Braedan between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braedan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braedan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 582 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braedan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Braedan in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braedan 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 955 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.