Branae — girls' name
69 babies named Branae in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Branae was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Branae in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Branae
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Branae between 1998 and 2011, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Branae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Branae performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Branae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Branae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Branae 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 69 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.
Branae at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Branae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1998
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
69 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 11 births in a single year.
Branae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 45 births that decade — 65% of Branae's all-time total
Branae decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Branae's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Branae by state
Where Branae concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 7.2% |
5 of 69 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.2% 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, 1998–2011 (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.