How Many People Are Named Brave?
people named Brave are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 514,736 people in the US has this name
Based on 668 babies named Brave in Social Security records from 2008 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brave, 24% were girls and 76% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2010s: 23.3% of the babies were girls then and 25.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brave alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brave first appears in the records in 2008 and was given most often in 2022, to 79 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2008 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brave has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,505, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #3,190. Among girls, its best rank was #5,189, in 2022.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,190 | #10,234 |
| Best rank | #2,505 (2021) | #5,189 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,713 in the 2020s | #6,958 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brave alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brave were born in California than in any other state: about 29 of those alive today.
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