Branden — #2603 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Branden

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,501 babies named Branden between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Branden currently holds the #2603 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 1,150 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Branden performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 9,684 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Branden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Branden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Branden 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 27,501 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.