Branden

Where Branden comes from

The dictionaries list Branden as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage, variant of Brandon — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,988 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Peak, #251
    913 babies named Branden — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1993
    Branden Dawson born
    American basketball player
  4. 1999
    Branden Carlson born
    American basketball player
  5. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #586.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of rather rare usage, variant of Brandon.
Namesakes
  • Branden Dawson · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Branden Carlson · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Branden Frazier · American basketball player, born 1992
  • Branden Albert · American football player, born 1984
  • Branden Grace · South African professional golfer, born 1988

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.