Braycen — #5808 US boys' name
342 babies named Braycen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Braycen was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Braycen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braycen
The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Braycen between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braycen currently holds the #5808 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braycen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Braycen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Braycen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braycen 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 342 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.
Braycen at a glance
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Current rank
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Braycen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2010)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #5808 among boys.
342 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 27 births in a single year.
Braycen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 221 births that decade — 65% of Braycen's all-time total
Braycen decade highlights
- Peak decade 221 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braycen's strongest decade
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Braycen by state
Where Braycen concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.0% 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, 2005–2024 (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.