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.

Branton

#5,054 most common boys' name of all time · #12,525 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1928–2024

Rank among boys
#5,054
Rank overall
#12,525 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
921
Since 2016
102
Peak year
2002 #2,968
Best rank
#2,924 1997
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
19401960198020002020

Branton first appears in 1928. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,563
2023 — 7 7 #9,888
2022 — 11 11 #7,341
2021 — 8 8 #8,951
2020 — 12 12 #6,694
2019 — 13 13 #6,469
2018 — 17 17 #5,367
2017 — 15 15 #5,850
2016 — 14 14 #6,105
2015 — 30 30 #3,609
2014 — 31 31 #3,474
2013 — 25 25 #3,981
2012 — 26 26 #3,919
2011 — 23 23 #4,247
2010 — 19 19 #4,885
2009 — 25 25 #4,066
2008 — 22 22 #4,422
2007 — 25 25 #4,039
2006 — 28 28 #3,618
2005 — 17 17 #4,868
2004 — 23 23 #3,889
2003 — 21 21 #4,008
2002 — 31 31 #2,968
2001 — 21 21 #3,873
2000 — 21 21 #3,813
1999 — 23 23 #3,398
1998 — 20 20 #3,633
1997 — 26 26 #2,924
1996 — 24 24 #3,047
1995 — 20 20 #3,336
1994 — 18 18 #3,651
1993 — 15 15 #4,071
1992 — 14 14 #4,183
1991 — 16 16 #3,692
1990 — 19 19 #3,219
1989 — 12 12 #4,356
1988 — 13 13 #3,785
1987 — 8 8 #5,124
1986 — 15 15 #3,181
1985 — 15 15 #3,123
1984 — 15 15 #3,019
1983 — 15 15 #2,985
1982 — 9 9 #4,374
1981 — 12 12 #3,501
1980 — 8 8 #4,653
1979 — 7 7 #5,017
1978 — 9 9 #3,966
1977 — 6 6 #5,384
1976 — 5 5 #5,890
1975 — 6 6 #5,056
1974 — 8 8 #3,988
1973 — 5 5 #5,401
1972 — 8 8 #3,790
1971 — 10 10 #3,272
1970 — 7 7 #4,042
1969 — 7 7 #3,799
1968 — 8 8 #3,252
1963 — 6 6 #3,915
1960 — 6 6 #3,902
1935 — 5 5 #4,100
1929 — 6 6 #3,939
1928 — 5 5 #4,681