How rare is the name Braedon?

3,575 people in the United States have the first name Braedon, about 1 in 84,484. It ranks #4,974 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

BRAEDON

#4,974

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,575
About
1 in 84,484
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,575 people named Braedon, 77.6% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as two or more races and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Braedon peaked in 2006, when 284 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19842025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
284
In 2025*
12 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,994 babies have been given the name since 1984. 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.

Braedon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,828. The largest share of babies named Braedon, 79.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#14,24053
1990s#3,716615
2000s#1,8282,370
2010s#3,930862
2020s#12,13894
Millennials 1981–968.5%
Generation Z 1997–1279.8%
2013 and later11.7%

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 Braedon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Braedon has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Arizona (2.6×), and Washington (2×), and least common in New York (0.58×).

2,404 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 Braedon

2 other first names also have 3,575 people.

#4,974 Brennon · 3,575#4,974 Jeramiah · 3,575

Either side of Braedon

#4,972 Marlie · 3,577#4,973 Kalee · 3,576#4,974 Brennon · 3,575#4,974 Jeramiah · 3,575

Spelled almost the same

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

#521 Brayden · 109,062#984 Braden · 43,698#2,149 Braeden · 12,409#2,153 Braydon · 12,384#3,323 Braiden · 6,389#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327#5,651 Bradon · 2,993#7,060 Brayton · 2,196

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