Brayden — #190 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brayden

The Social Security Administration has registered 134,973 babies named Brayden between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brayden currently holds the #190 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 9,119 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brayden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 66,005 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brayden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10,644 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brayden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brayden 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 134,973 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.