Braven — #2375 US boys' name
1,009 babies named Braven in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Braven was born in this single decade.
107 babies were named Braven in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braven
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,009 babies named Braven between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braven currently holds the #2375 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 107 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braven performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braven shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Braven in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braven 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 1,009 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.
Braven at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Braven popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2018)
- 107
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #2375 among boys.
1,009 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 107 births in a single year.
Braven popularity over time — girls
31 total births recorded since 2019 (Braven as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Braven accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Braven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 482 births that decade — 48% of Braven's all-time total
Braven decade highlights
- Peak decade 482 births
- Runner-up 357 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braven's strongest decade
482 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Braven by state
Where Braven concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 43 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.6% |
54 of 1,009 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.4% of nationwide
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Braven appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1994–2024 (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.