Boys' name · since 1969
Brance
Brance has 312 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,349 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 312
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
312 boys have been named Brance since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brance has 312 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2024.
- #10,349 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 312 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brance ranks #10,349 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 312 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,349 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 312
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brance's 312 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Brance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brance splits its recorded history at 2003: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Brance by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Brance's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Brance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (31% of all-time use).
Brance by state
Where Brance concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 5.1% |
16 of 312 births nationwide.
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What to do with Brance's data
- Brance's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brances (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.