Brave**
#6,141 most common boys' name of all time · #15,292 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 2008–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,141
Rank overall
#15,292 of 105,966
First appeared
2008
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
668
Since 2016
548
Peak year
2022 #2,561
Best rank
#2,522 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Brave first appears in 2008. 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 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #3,232 |
| 2024 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #3,332 |
| 2023 | 16 | 53 | 69 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 25 | 54 | 79 | #2,561 |
| 2021 | 16 | 53 | 69 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 21 | 51 | 72 | #2,543 |
| 2019 | 19 | 41 | 60 | #2,990 |
| 2018 | 14 | 33 | 47 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,273 |
| 2016 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #3,678 |
| 2015 | 18 | 22 | 40 | #4,540 |
| 2014 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,055 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,913 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,478 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,871 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,637 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,817 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,999 |