Braidan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Braidan

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Braidan between 1998 and 2017, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braidan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braidan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Braidan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braidan 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 137 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.