Braidon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Braidon

The Social Security Administration has registered 459 babies named Braidon between 1989 and 2020, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braidon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braidon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Braidon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Braidon in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braidon 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 459 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.