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.

Bravery**

#11,149 most common boys' name of all time · #28,363 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 2011–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#11,149
Rank overall
#28,363 of 105,966
First appeared
2011
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
224
Since 2016
170
Peak year
2019 #4,943
Best rank
#4,943 2019
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
2020

Bravery first appears in 2011. 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
2025 13 13 #6,736
2024 5 8 13 #9,681
2023 7 8 15 #9,583
2022 6 9 15 #8,865
2021 7 6 13 #11,809
2020 11 11 #7,452
2019 7 20 27 #4,943
2018 10 13 23 #6,684
2017 6 10 16 #8,077
2016 6 18 24 #5,313
2015 10 8 18 #9,505
2014 5 10 15 #8,105
2013 7 7 #10,632
2012 9 9 #8,844
2011 5 5 #14,084