How rare is the name Braden?

43,698 people in the United States have the first name Braden, about 1 in 6,912. It ranks #984 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRADEN

#984

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,698
About
1 in 6,912
This common or more
69.8%
Who bears it

Of the 43,698 people named Braden, 84.9% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as two or more races and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Braden peaked in 2005, when 3,058 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
3,058
In 2025*
183 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 46,512 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Braden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #307. The largest share of babies named Braden, 69.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#10,9266
1920s#10,31919
1930s#8,60322
1940s#7,27644
1950s#4,552156
1960s#3,699271
1970s#2,192820
1980s#1,3052,357
1990s#6478,496
2000s#30724,209
2010s#7408,796
2020s#2,0991,316
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–1269.5%
2013 and later12.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Braden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Braden has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Oklahoma (2.9×), and Idaho (2.6×), and least common in New York (0.28×).

43,683 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Braden

#982 Kiara · 43,748#983 Rodrigo · 43,705#985 Elsie · 43,606#986 Callie · 43,600

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Braden, most common first.

#521 Brayden · 109,062#2,149 Braeden · 12,409#3,323 Braiden · 6,389#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327#5,651 Bradon · 2,993#8,334 Bryden · 1,744#9,652 Broden · 1,427#20,827 Bradan · 493

Also a last name

As a last name, Braden ranks #2,798 of 156,621, with 12,547 people. See Braden as a last name

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