Branson
#1,314 most common boys' name of all time · #3,145 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#1,314
Rank overall
#3,145 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
8,231
Since 2016
2,565
Peak year
2014 #675
Best rank
#675 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 377/yr
Branson first appears in 1912. 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 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,224 |
| 2024 | — | 196 | 196 | #1,101 |
| 2023 | — | 197 | 197 | #1,089 |
| 2022 | — | 222 | 222 | #1,003 |
| 2021 | — | 244 | 244 | #927 |
| 2020 | — | 258 | 258 | #876 |
| 2019 | — | 281 | 281 | #812 |
| 2018 | — | 302 | 302 | #769 |
| 2017 | — | 332 | 332 | #722 |
| 2016 | — | 368 | 368 | #681 |
| 2015 | — | 363 | 363 | #694 |
| 2014 | — | 377 | 377 | #675 |
| 2013 | — | 355 | 355 | #680 |
| 2012 | — | 343 | 343 | #691 |
| 2011 | — | 310 | 310 | #733 |
| 2010 | — | 248 | 248 | #855 |
| 2009 | — | 273 | 273 | #812 |
| 2008 | — | 244 | 244 | #871 |
| 2007 | — | 217 | 217 | #913 |
| 2006 | — | 227 | 227 | #873 |
| 2005 | — | 180 | 180 | #968 |
| 2004 | — | 177 | 177 | #952 |
| 2003 | 5 | 155 | 160 | #1,019 |
| 2002 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,019 |
| 2001 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,005 |
| 2000 | — | 152 | 152 | #979 |
| 1999 | — | 157 | 157 | #933 |
| 1998 | — | 151 | 151 | #936 |
| 1997 | — | 159 | 159 | #874 |
| 1996 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,001 |
| 1995 | — | 126 | 126 | #992 |
| 1994 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,142 |
| 1993 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,173 |
| 1992 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,827 |
| 1991 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,875 |
| 1990 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,061 |
| 1989 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,804 |
| 1988 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,055 |
| 1987 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,947 |
| 1986 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,118 |
| 1985 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,811 |
| 1984 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,704 |
| 1983 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,044 |
| 1982 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,906 |
| 1981 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,786 |
| 1980 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,466 |
| 1979 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1977 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,600 |
| 1976 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,634 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,494 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,562 |
| 1971 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,733 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,932 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,181 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,647 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,398 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,212 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,424 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,243 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,176 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,380 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,726 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,311 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,807 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,899 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,866 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,451 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,443 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,517 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,698 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,517 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,741 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,626 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,269 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,701 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,807 |
| 1933 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,658 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,966 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,523 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,154 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,694 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,820 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,230 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,528 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,582 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,077 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,602 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,321 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,784 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,214 |