Braeson — #9520 US boys' name
212 babies named Braeson in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Braeson was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Braeson in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braeson
The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Braeson between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braeson currently holds the #9520 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braeson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Braeson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braeson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braeson 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 212 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.
Braeson at a glance
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Current rank
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Braeson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2020)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #9520 among boys.
212 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 27 births in a single year.
Braeson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 56% of Braeson's all-time total
Braeson decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braeson's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Braeson by state
Where Braeson concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 212 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.