How Many People Are Named Braden?
people named Braden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,519 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,512 babies named Braden in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,058 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendant of BRADÁN".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Braden in English. Counting Braden and these spellings together, about 202,932 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Braden, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Braden alive today is about 22 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Braden first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2005, to 3,058 babies. In 2025, 183 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Braden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #133, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #1,152.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,152 |
| Best rank | #133 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #171 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Braden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Braden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,914 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Braden was given 3.4 times as often in Oklahoma, 3 times in Utah and 2.8 times in Kansas.
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