Branson

Where Branson comes from

The dictionaries list Branson as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2014
    Peak, #674
    377 babies named Branson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,222.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

No widely known Branson turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.