How Many People Are Named Brayden?
people named Brayden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,510 people in the US has this name
Based on 137,606 babies named Brayden in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
9,168 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of BRADEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brayden in English. Counting Brayden and these spellings together, about 202,932 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brayden, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Brayden alive today is about 14 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 18 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Brayden first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2010, to 9,168 babies. In 2025, 1,545 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
π Rank History
Brayden never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #36, in 2011, and it was in the top 100 for 14 years, 2005 to 2018. In 2025 it ranked #229.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #229 |
| Best rank | #36 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | 14 (2005 to 2018) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #58 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Brayden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brayden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 10,673 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brayden was given 2.3 times as often in West Virginia, 2.2 times in Wyoming and 2 times in Kentucky.
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