Branch

Where Branch comes from

Branch hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    Branch Rickey born
    American baseball player, manager, and executive
  2. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #789
    #789 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1908
    Branch McCracken born
    American basketball player and coach
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Branch Rickey · American baseball player, manager, and executive, 1881–1965
  • Branch McCracken · American basketball player and coach, 1908–1970
  • Branch T. Archer · Texan politician, 1790–1856

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.