Branden
#696 most common boys' name of all time · #1,559 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1959–2025
Rank among boys
#696
Rank overall
#1,559 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
27,867
Since 2016
779
Peak year
1992 #252
Best rank
#251 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 1,160/yr
Branden first appears in 1959. 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 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,330 |
| 2024 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,610 |
| 2023 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,491 |
| 2022 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,800 |
| 2021 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,358 |
| 2020 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,882 |
| 2019 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,960 |
| 2018 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,509 |
| 2017 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,463 |
| 2016 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,239 |
| 2015 | — | 188 | 188 | #1,058 |
| 2014 | — | 205 | 205 | #1,006 |
| 2013 | — | 201 | 201 | #990 |
| 2012 | — | 250 | 250 | #851 |
| 2011 | — | 336 | 336 | #693 |
| 2010 | — | 385 | 385 | #633 |
| 2009 | — | 444 | 444 | #589 |
| 2008 | — | 431 | 431 | #587 |
| 2007 | — | 556 | 556 | #484 |
| 2006 | — | 566 | 566 | #472 |
| 2005 | — | 588 | 588 | #444 |
| 2004 | — | 618 | 618 | #422 |
| 2003 | — | 662 | 662 | #396 |
| 2002 | — | 714 | 714 | #370 |
| 2001 | — | 811 | 811 | #340 |
| 2000 | — | 810 | 810 | #338 |
| 1999 | — | 918 | 918 | #312 |
| 1998 | — | 909 | 909 | #309 |
| 1997 | 6 | 889 | 895 | #306 |
| 1996 | 6 | 939 | 945 | #288 |
| 1995 | — | 910 | 910 | #292 |
| 1994 | 8 | 1,038 | 1,046 | #270 |
| 1993 | 7 | 1,071 | 1,078 | #270 |
| 1992 | 10 | 1,150 | 1,160 | #252 |
| 1991 | — | 1,011 | 1,011 | #267 |
| 1990 | 8 | 849 | 857 | #300 |
| 1989 | 10 | 970 | 980 | #262 |
| 1988 | 26 | 894 | 920 | #262 |
| 1987 | 13 | 913 | 926 | #251 |
| 1986 | 22 | 858 | 880 | #259 |
| 1985 | 21 | 810 | 831 | #265 |
| 1984 | 19 | 735 | 754 | #283 |
| 1983 | 17 | 640 | 657 | #309 |
| 1982 | 23 | 597 | 620 | #320 |
| 1981 | 26 | 600 | 626 | #318 |
| 1980 | 25 | 398 | 423 | #408 |
| 1979 | 14 | 293 | 307 | #483 |
| 1978 | 11 | 246 | 257 | #526 |
| 1977 | 15 | 252 | 267 | #527 |
| 1976 | 9 | 177 | 186 | #616 |
| 1975 | 9 | 205 | 214 | #564 |
| 1974 | 7 | 165 | 172 | #626 |
| 1973 | 7 | 141 | 148 | #675 |
| 1972 | 6 | 107 | 113 | #775 |
| 1971 | — | 78 | 78 | #925 |
| 1970 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #939 |
| 1969 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,603 |
| 1968 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,313 |
| 1967 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,648 |
| 1966 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1965 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,772 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,516 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,852 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,615 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,329 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,526 |