Boys' name · since 1998
Branten
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Branten, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Branten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1998.
Branten has 24 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2014.
- #27,451 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Branten ranks #27,451 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Branten's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Branten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Branten splits its recorded history at 2012: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Branten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2014
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Branten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (14 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Branten's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Branten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 14 births (58% of all-time use).
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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, 1998–2014 (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 Branten 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.