Braun — #12603 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braun

The Social Security Administration has registered 372 babies named Braun between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braun currently holds the #12603 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braun performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Braun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braun 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 372 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.