Braeden — #2403 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braeden

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,607 babies named Braeden between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braeden currently holds the #2403 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 1,004 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braeden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,403 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Braeden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Braeden in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braeden 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 13,607 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.