Branch — #3212 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Branch

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,030 babies named Branch between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Branch currently holds the #3212 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Branch performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 420 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Branch shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Branch in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Branch 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 1,030 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.