Braiden — #2408 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braiden

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,591 babies named Braiden between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braiden currently holds the #2408 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 563 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braiden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,505 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Braiden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 568 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Braiden in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braiden 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 7,591 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.