Branson
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · #1,222 for boys in 2025, 165 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 377 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,226since 1912
Branson over time
Rank among boys' names. Branson has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | #1,222 | 165 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,099 | 196 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,088 | 197 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,002 | 222 | |
| 2021 | — | #927 | 244 | |
| 2020 | — | #875 | 258 | |
| 2019 | — | #811 | 281 | |
| 2018 | — | #769 | 302 | |
| 2017 | — | #722 | 332 | |
| 2016 | — | #681 | 368 | |
| 2015 | — | #694 | 363 | |
| 2014 | — | #674 | 377 | |
| 2013 | — | #679 | 355 | |
| 2012 | — | #691 | 343 | |
| 2011 | — | #732 | 310 | |
| 2010 | — | #854 | 248 | |
| 2009 | — | #812 | 273 | |
| 2008 | — | #871 | 244 | |
| 2007 | — | #912 | 217 | |
| 2006 | — | #873 | 227 | |
| 2005 | — | #967 | 180 | |
| 2004 | — | #949 | 177 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,016 | 155 |
| 2002 | — | #1,019 | 151 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,004 | 151 | |
| 2000 | — | #977 | 152 | |
| 1999 | — | #931 | 157 | |
| 1998 | — | #931 | 151 | |
| 1997 | — | #873 | 159 | |
| 1996 | — | #999 | 125 | |
| 1995 | — | #987 | 126 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,140 | 99 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,168 | 91 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,867 | 42 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,049 | 36 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
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| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Branson! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Branson
- 123 spots since 2024 (#1,099 → #1,222)
- 347 spots since 2020 (#875 → #1,222)
- 528 spots since 2015 (#694 → #1,222)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1995 (#1,140 → #987)
- Biggest drop: 75 spots in 2022 (#927 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2014 at #674 (377 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2004–2021
- Highest: 1 in 5,095 boys born in 2014 were named Branson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,352 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 39.9% of all boys named Branson (3,279) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,916 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,703 (1927) | #3,250 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,542 (1933) | #3,294 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,633 (1944) | #3,277 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,252 |
| 1960s | 46 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,489 |
| 1970s | 132 | #1,711 (1979) | #2,964 |
| 1980s | 306 | #1,690 (1984) | #1,946 |
| 1990s | 1,031 | #873 (1997) | #1,277 |
| 2000s | 1,927 | #812 (2009) | #940 |
| 2010s | 3,279 | #674 (2014) | #731 |
| 2020s | 1,282 | #875 (2020) | #1,036 |
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.
Branson in 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 365,429 of them was named Branson, which outranked 14.4% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 12,744 of them was named Branson, which outranked 92.0% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,012Braylon156
- #1,012Jeff156
- #1,012Tyron156
- #1,016Branson155
- #1,016Adin155
- #1,016Davonte155
- #1,016Don155
- #1,024Amare154
- #1,024Carlton154
- #1,024Fredy154
Tied with 7 names at #1,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.