Bracken was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.
Bracken as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
#8,910 (8)
#5,137 (3)
#762 (3)
2024
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#4,271 (4)
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2023
#12,239 (5)
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2022
#12,330 (5)
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2020
#9,554 (7)
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2019
#7,643 (10)
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2018
#7,136 (11)
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2017
#5,526 (16)
#3,996 (4)
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2016
#6,053 (14)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
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2014
#5,252 (17)
#4,632 (3)
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2013
#5,923 (14)
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2012
#4,251 (23)
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2011
#6,256 (13)
#2,613 (7)
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2010
#6,036 (14)
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Bracken as a girl’s name
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
2013
#3,536 (6)
2012
#3,681 (6)
2011
#3,549 (6)
2010
#4,012 (5)
2009
#1,668 (16)
2008
#1,391 (20)
2007
#1,573 (16)
2006
#1,435 (17)
2003
#4,373 (3)
2002
#3,409 (4)
2001
#3,262 (4)
2000
#3,912 (3)
1997
#2,411 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1998 at #2,651.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1971.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.