Braden
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547 · #1,152 for boys in 2025, 183 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 3,046 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,235since 1916
Braden over time
Rank among boys' names. Braden has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,152 | 183 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,243 | 159 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,128 | 187 | |
| 2022 | — | #935 | 245 | |
| 2021 | — | #901 | 255 | |
| 2020 | — | #809 | 287 | |
| 2019 | — | #671 | 388 | |
| 2018 | — | #576 | 480 | |
| 2017 | — | #546 | 513 | |
| 2016 | — | #501 | 599 | |
| 2015 | — | #411 | 758 | |
| 2014 | — | #357 | 894 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #335 | 965 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #303 | 1,135 |
| 2011 | — | #259 | 1,342 | |
| 2010 | — | #207 | 1,710 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #185 | 2,034 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #156 | 2,524 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #156 | 2,689 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #143 | 2,857 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #133 | 3,046 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #154 | 2,621 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #170 | 2,353 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #168 | 2,291 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #191 | 1,923 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #204 | 1,733 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #208 | 1,643 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #251 | 1,190 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #267 | 1,050 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #278 | 1,004 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #322 | 817 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #341 | 721 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #396 | 585 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #412 | 544 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #472 | 439 |
| 1990 | — | #486 | 396 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #518 | 342 |
| 1988 | — | #544 | 286 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #535 | 286 |
| 1986 | — | #506 | 300 | |
| 1985 | — | #525 | 276 | |
| 1984 | — | #614 | 192 | |
| 1983 | — | #675 | 160 | |
| 1982 | — | #620 | 196 | |
| 1981 | — | #687 | 158 | |
| 1980 | — | #718 | 147 | |
| 1979 | — | #798 | 118 | |
| 1978 | — | #820 | 108 | |
| 1977 | — | #792 | 117 | |
| 1976 | — | #892 | 86 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #894 | 85 |
| 1974 | — | #993 | 68 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,037 | 61 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,230 | 45 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,057 | 59 | |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,396 | 33 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Braden! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Braden is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#56 · 1 in 249
- Utah#67 · 1 in 243
- Kansas#74 · 1 in 267
- Idaho#81 · 1 in 292
- Wyoming#92 · 1 in 275
Best ever in a state: #43 in Oklahoma, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #56 | 83 | 1 in 249 |
| Utah | #67 | 81 | 1 in 243 |
| Kansas | #74 | 59 | 1 in 267 |
| Idaho | #81 | 26 | 1 in 292 |
| Wyoming | #92 | 7 | 1 in 275 |
| Nebraska | #127 | 19 | 1 in 526 |
| Arkansas | #134 | 24 | 1 in 602 |
| South Dakota | #134 | 8 | 1 in 497 |
| North Dakota | #137 | 6 | 1 in 588 |
| Iowa | #143 | 23 | 1 in 710 |
| Indiana | #152 | 51 | 1 in 746 |
| Oregon | #158 | 29 | 1 in 689 |
| Ohio | #160 | 76 | 1 in 921 |
| Hawaii | #161 | 8 | 1 in 646 |
| Missouri | #164 | 38 | 1 in 911 |
| Alaska | #165 | 5 | 1 in 664 |
| Kentucky | #172 | 21 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Tennessee | #173 | 36 | 1 in 1,001 |
| Montana | #175 | 6 | 1 in 667 |
| Washington | #181 | 40 | 1 in 861 |
| Minnesota | #195 | 24 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Pennsylvania | #210 | 46 | 1 in 1,450 |
| Wisconsin | #210 | 21 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Colorado | #225 | 23 | 1 in 1,138 |
| West Virginia | #233 | 5 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Alabama | #242 | 18 | 1 in 1,401 |
| Illinois | #246 | 53 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Texas | #271 | 108 | 1 in 1,487 |
| New Mexico | #284 | 8 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Virginia | #291 | 20 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Maryland | #315 | 13 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Arizona | #317 | 18 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Nevada | #331 | 6 | 1 in 1,884 |
| Georgia | #350 | 23 | 1 in 2,243 |
| Michigan | #365 | 21 | 1 in 2,843 |
| Mississippi | #375 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Louisiana | #442 | 10 | 1 in 2,723 |
| California | #457 | 56 | 1 in 4,345 |
| North Carolina | #525 | 11 | 1 in 4,411 |
| South Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 4,106 |
| Massachusetts | #554 | 5 | 1 in 7,341 |
| Florida | #663 | 14 | 1 in 6,192 |
| New Jersey | #822 | 5 | 1 in 9,731 |
| New York | #866 | 12 | 1 in 9,611 |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Braden
- 91 spots since 2024 (#1,243 → #1,152)
- 343 spots since 2020 (#809 → #1,152)
- 741 spots since 2015 (#411 → #1,152)
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1970 (#1,396 → #989)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2023 (#935 → #1,128)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2005 at #133 (3,046 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1974–2022
- Highest: 1 in 656 boys born in 2005 were named Braden (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,334 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 52.1% of all boys named Braden (24,071) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,516 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,708 |
| 1930s | 22 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,444 |
| 1940s | 44 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,714 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,642 (1956) | #2,083 |
| 1960s | 271 | #1,194 (1966) | #1,616 |
| 1970s | 814 | #792 (1977) | #950 |
| 1980s | 2,343 | #506 (1986) | #594 |
| 1990s | 8,389 | #208 (1999) | #343 |
| 2000s | 24,071 | #133 (2005) | #166 |
| 2010s | 8,784 | #207 (2010) | #417 |
| 2020s | 1,316 | #809 (2020) | #1,028 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Braden in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 135,919 of them was named Braden, which outranked 57.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,719Zeynep14
- #6,719Zoei14
- #6,719Zyria14
- #7,104Braden13
- #7,104Abagayle13
- #7,104Adam13
- #7,104Adama13
- #7,532Aarti12
- #7,532Aashna12
- #7,532Abigial12
Tied with 427 names at #7,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,606 of them was named Braden, which outranked 97.8% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.