Braeden Boy
How popular is Braeden?
#3,313 boy name in 2025
35 baby boys were named Braeden in the US in 2025, making it the 3313th most popular boy name.
Braeden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,313 for boys (▼ 920 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 35 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-88% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #796 in 2015, #1,798 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (1,004 boys) |
| Highest rank | #322 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Braeden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Braeden family of names ranked #1,839 for boys in 2025 (#1,595 the year before), with 64 babies in all.
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 Braeden is most popular
Babies named Braeden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Braeden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,099 |
| 1980s | 120 | #2,396 |
| 1990s | 1,525 | #522 |
| 2000s | 8,403 | #322 |
| 2010s | 3,200 | #409 |
| 2020s | 384 | #1,784 |
Boy names about as popular as Braeden
Questions
- Is Braeden a boy or girl name?
- Braeden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Braeden were boys.
- How popular is the name Braeden?
- 35 baby boys were named Braeden in the US in 2025, making it the 3313th most popular boy name.
- When was Braeden most popular?
- Braeden peaked in 2005, when 1,004 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #322 in 2005.
- How many people are named Braeden?
- 13,872 babies have been named Braeden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,673 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Braeden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Braeden was most common in New York, at 0.1 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.