Boys' name · since 1970
Braun
381 babies named Braun in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,275 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,383 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
381 babies have been named Braun since 1970, making it today's #8383 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braun has been recorded 381 times among boys since 1970, currently ranked #8383 nationally and more common than 40% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #9,275 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,383 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 381 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braun ranks #9,275 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,383 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 381 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,275 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,383 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braun's 381 recorded births place it above 79.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Wisconsin.
How Braun compares
381 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Braun's all-time total is 3% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 381 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Braun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Braun splits its recorded history at 2003: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Braun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Braun by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Braun's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Braun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (27% of all-time use).
Braun by state
Where Braun concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 7 | 1.8% |
7 of 381 births nationwide.
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What to do with Braun's data
- Braun's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Wisconsin records the most Brauns (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Wisconsin names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Braun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
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, 1970–2025 (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 Braun 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.