Branson — #1103 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Branson

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,059 babies named Branson between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Branson currently holds the #1103 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 377 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Branson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,279 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Branson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 857 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Branson in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Branson 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 8,059 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.