Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bracken

#6,429 most common boys' name of all time · #16,095 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#6,429
Rank overall
#16,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
618
Since 2016
76
Peak year
1998 #2,686
Best rank
#2,686 1998
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
198020002020

Bracken first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,097
2023 — 5 5 #12,623
2022 — 5 5 #12,705
2020 — 7 7 #9,805
2019 — 10 10 #7,799
2018 — 11 11 #7,280
2017 — 16 16 #5,620
2016 — 14 14 #6,146
2015 — 8 8 #8,977
2014 — 17 17 #5,331
2013 — 14 14 #6,018
2012 — 23 23 #4,305
2011 — 13 13 #6,372
2010 — 14 14 #6,128
2009 — 16 16 #5,632
2008 — 16 16 #5,577
2007 — 23 23 #4,301
2006 — 22 22 #4,294
2005 — 12 12 #6,356
2004 — 16 16 #5,114
2003 — 15 15 #5,117
2002 — 23 23 #3,729
2001 — 21 21 #3,903
2000 — 17 17 #4,472
1999 — 14 14 #4,890
1998 — 31 31 #2,686
1997 — 20 20 #3,539
1996 — 16 16 #4,104
1995 — 11 11 #5,297
1994 — 9 9 #6,094
1993 — 16 16 #3,934
1992 — 15 15 #4,014
1991 — 15 15 #3,931
1990 — 9 9 #5,600
1989 — 7 7 #6,595
1988 — 9 9 #5,012
1987 — 5 5 #7,493
1986 — 8 8 #5,139
1985 — 6 6 #6,169
1983 — 15 15 #3,035
1982 — 6 6 #6,051
1981 — 6 6 #5,939
1980 — 8 8 #4,797
1979 — 7 7 #5,191
1977 — 8 8 #4,474
1976 — 7 7 #4,801
1975 — 13 13 #3,056
1972 — 5 5 #5,568
1971 — 6 6 #4,845