Recorded 1995–2016 Boys' name Peak 2009 424 births

Braydn — boys' name

424 babies named Braydn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s482000s2432010s133
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Braydn was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

45 babies were named Braydn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Braydn

The Social Security Administration has registered 424 babies named Braydn between 1995 and 2016, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braydn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braydn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Braydn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braydn 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 424 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.

Braydn at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

424

Since 1995

22 years of records

Peak year

2009

45 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1995

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2016

Braydn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1995

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2009)
45
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
01020304050 20162013201020072004200119981995 7

Braydn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
243 births that decade — 57% of Braydn's all-time total
1990s482000s2432010s133

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Braydn?
424 babies have been named Braydn since 1995. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2009 with 45 births.
When was Braydn most popular?
Braydn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 243 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Braydn been used?
Braydn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 22 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Braydn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brandon, Bradley, Brayden, Brady, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1995–2016 (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.