Brasen — boys' name
209 babies named Brasen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Brasen was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Brasen in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brasen
The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Brasen between 2004 and 2023, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brasen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brasen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brasen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brasen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brasen 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 209 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.
Brasen at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brasen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2004
- Peak year (2005)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
209 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 31 births in a single year.
Brasen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 45% of Brasen's all-time total
Brasen decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brasen's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Brasen by state
Where Brasen concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 209 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.