How rare is the name Braeden?

12,409 people in the United States have the first name Braeden, about 1 in 24,340. It ranks #2,149 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRAEDEN

#2,149

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,409
About
1 in 24,340
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,409 people named Braeden, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as two or more races and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Braeden peaked in 2005, when 1,027 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19732025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
1,027
In 2025*
35 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,872 babies have been given the name since 1973. 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.

Braeden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #722. The largest share of babies named Braeden, 80.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#21,07710
1980s#8,640126
1990s#1,9831,603
2000s#7228,549
2010s#1,5983,200
2020s#4,736384
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–1280.7%
2013 and later13.6%

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 Braeden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Braeden has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Washington (2×), and Utah (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.3×).

12,025 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.

Exactly as common as Braeden

1 other first name also has 12,409 people.

#2,149 Winifred · 12,409

Either side of Braeden

#2,147 Kierra · 12,431#2,148 Kaley · 12,428#2,149 Winifred · 12,409#2,151 Cheyanne · 12,406

Spelled almost the same

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

#521 Brayden · 109,062#984 Braden · 43,698#2,153 Braydon · 12,384#3,323 Braiden · 6,389#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327#4,974 Braedon · 3,575#5,651 Bradon · 2,993#7,170 Braedyn · 2,149

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