NameTides

Branden

Branden was the #3,314 boys' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies).

Branden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Branden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Branden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,314 (35)———
2024#2,595 (51)———
2023#2,480 (54)#4,992 (3)——
2022#2,793 (46)#4,002 (4)——
2021#2,349 (58)———
2020#1,872 (79)———
2019#1,954 (75)#3,411 (5)——
2018#1,506 (114)#4,749 (3)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,460 (116)#3,996 (4)—#1,720 (10)
2016#1,234 (151)#4,810 (3)—#2,182 (7)
2015#1,057 (188)#3,908 (4)—#1,577 (11)
2014#1,004 (205)——#1,381 (13)
2013#988 (201)#2,055 (10)—#1,068 (19)
2012#850 (250)#2,721 (7)—#1,202 (16)
2011#691 (336)#1,398 (17)—#1,118 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #252.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Branden is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 47,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 66,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Branden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Branden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrandenCanadaBoys—too few
BrandenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BrandenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrandenScotlandBoys—too few
BrandenUSGirls—too few
BrandenUSBoys#3,31435