Braden Boy
How popular is Braden?
#1,152 boy name in 2025
183 baby boys were named Braden in the US in 2025, making it the 1152nd most popular boy name.
Braden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,152 for boys (▲ 91 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 183 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-76% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #411 in 2015, #809 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (3,046 boys) |
| Highest rank | #133 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Braden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brayden family of names ranked #201 for boys in 2025 (#172 the year before), with 1,924 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brayden | 1,545 | 80% |
| Braden | 183 | 10% |
| Braydon | 90 | 5% |
| Braiden | 44 | 2% |
| Bradyn | 36 | 2% |
| Braydan | 9 | 0% |
| Braydin | 5 | 0% |
| Braydyn | 7 | 0% |
| Bradon | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Braden is most popular
Babies named Braden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Braden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,465 |
| 1930s | 22 | #2,853 |
| 1940s | 44 | #1,987 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,641 |
| 1960s | 271 | #1,193 |
| 1970s | 814 | #792 |
| 1980s | 2,343 | #506 |
| 1990s | 8,389 | #208 |
| 2000s | 24,071 | #133 |
| 2010s | 8,784 | #207 |
| 2020s | 1,316 | #809 |
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Questions
- Is Braden a boy or girl name?
- Braden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Braden were boys.
- How popular is the name Braden?
- 183 baby boys were named Braden in the US in 2025, making it the 1152nd most popular boy name.
- When was Braden most popular?
- Braden peaked in 2005, when 3,046 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #133 in 2005.
- How many people are named Braden?
- 46,512 babies have been named Braden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 45,502 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Braden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Braden was most common in Tennessee, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.