Braden
#529 most common boys' name of all time · #1,150 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#529
Rank overall
#1,150 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
46,512
Since 2016
3,296
Peak year
2005 #133
Best rank
#133 2005
Girls
Boys
peak 3,058/yr
Braden first appears in 1916. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 183 | 183 | #1,153 |
| 2024 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,246 |
| 2023 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,129 |
| 2022 | — | 245 | 245 | #935 |
| 2021 | — | 255 | 255 | #902 |
| 2020 | — | 287 | 287 | #810 |
| 2019 | — | 388 | 388 | #671 |
| 2018 | — | 480 | 480 | #577 |
| 2017 | — | 513 | 513 | #546 |
| 2016 | — | 599 | 599 | #502 |
| 2015 | — | 758 | 758 | #411 |
| 2014 | — | 894 | 894 | #358 |
| 2013 | 5 | 965 | 970 | #335 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1,135 | 1,142 | #303 |
| 2011 | — | 1,342 | 1,342 | #259 |
| 2010 | — | 1,710 | 1,710 | #207 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2,034 | 2,039 | #185 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,524 | 2,531 | #156 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,689 | 2,695 | #156 |
| 2006 | 17 | 2,857 | 2,874 | #143 |
| 2005 | 12 | 3,046 | 3,058 | #133 |
| 2004 | 22 | 2,621 | 2,643 | #154 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2,353 | 2,363 | #170 |
| 2002 | 24 | 2,291 | 2,315 | #168 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1,923 | 1,936 | #191 |
| 2000 | 22 | 1,733 | 1,755 | #204 |
| 1999 | 19 | 1,643 | 1,662 | #208 |
| 1998 | 13 | 1,190 | 1,203 | #251 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1,050 | 1,062 | #267 |
| 1996 | 8 | 1,004 | 1,012 | #278 |
| 1995 | 18 | 817 | 835 | #322 |
| 1994 | 13 | 721 | 734 | #341 |
| 1993 | 11 | 585 | 596 | #397 |
| 1992 | 5 | 544 | 549 | #413 |
| 1991 | 8 | 439 | 447 | #472 |
| 1990 | — | 396 | 396 | #487 |
| 1989 | 6 | 342 | 348 | #518 |
| 1988 | — | 286 | 286 | #544 |
| 1987 | 8 | 286 | 294 | #537 |
| 1986 | — | 300 | 300 | #507 |
| 1985 | — | 276 | 276 | #526 |
| 1984 | — | 192 | 192 | #615 |
| 1983 | — | 160 | 160 | #677 |
| 1982 | — | 196 | 196 | #620 |
| 1981 | — | 158 | 158 | #688 |
| 1980 | — | 147 | 147 | #720 |
| 1979 | — | 118 | 118 | #800 |
| 1978 | — | 108 | 108 | #822 |
| 1977 | — | 117 | 117 | #792 |
| 1976 | — | 86 | 86 | #896 |
| 1975 | 6 | 85 | 91 | #897 |
| 1974 | — | 68 | 68 | #999 |
| 1973 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,043 |
| 1972 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,243 |
| 1971 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,066 |
| 1970 | — | 67 | 67 | #996 |
| 1969 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,407 |
| 1968 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,414 |
| 1967 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,304 |
| 1966 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,212 |
| 1965 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,216 |
| 1964 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,606 |
| 1963 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1962 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,089 |
| 1961 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,928 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,623 |
| 1959 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,170 |
| 1958 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,235 |
| 1957 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,078 |
| 1956 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,663 |
| 1955 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,673 |
| 1954 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,095 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,818 |
| 1952 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,229 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,266 |
| 1950 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,302 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,206 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1947 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,058 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,859 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,053 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,805 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,089 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,005 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,117 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,507 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,774 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,734 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,810 |