Braydon — #1601 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Braydon

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,222 babies named Braydon between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braydon currently holds the #1601 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 1,034 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braydon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,686 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Braydon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Braydon in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braydon 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 14,222 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.