NameTides

Brayden

Brayden was the #229 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,545 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #438 in Canada.

Brayden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Brayden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Brayden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#229 (1,545)#1,197 (24)#298 (12)#395 (3)#676 (4)#438 (73)—
2024#190 (1,923)#1,199 (23)#382 (9)#339 (4)#472 (7)#325 (101)—
2023#160 (2,285)#827 (39)#435 (7)—#472 (7)#289 (110)—
2022#149 (2,591)#746 (44)#292 (13)—#454 (7)#226 (149)—
2021#131 (2,849)#688 (51)#401 (8)#433 (3)#454 (7)#235 (149)—
2020#111 (3,294)#679 (50)#261 (15)—#556 (5)#166 (223)—
2019#101 (3,690)#628 (57)#431 (7)#274 (6)#370 (10)#170 (220)—
2018#84 (4,422)#520 (75)#325 (11)#215 (9)#369 (10)#149 (252)—
2017#72 (5,178)#465 (88)#229 (21)#318 (5)#394 (9)#122 (310)—
2016#64 (5,734)#531 (73)#278 (15)—#389 (9)#102 (370)—
2015#61 (6,282)#390 (109)#389 (8)#342 (4)#459 (7)#106 (373)—
2014#62 (6,596)#429 (94)#358 (10)—#428 (8)#102 (396)—
2013#48 (7,455)#420 (97)#335 (11)—#404 (9)#87 (440)—
2012#39 (8,513)#389 (107)#301 (12)#403 (3)#500 (6)#75 (492)—
2011#36 (9,025)#320 (139)#364 (9)—#455 (7)#51 (639)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #40.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brayden is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brayden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #336WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #248ILMichigan: #195MINew York: #176NYMassachusetts: #130MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #287OHPennsylvania: #201PANew Jersey: #187NJConnecticut: #165CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #263CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #214MOKentucky: #245KYWest Virginia: #147WVVirginia: #174VAMaryland: #208MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #295AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #222TNNorth Carolina: #180NCSouth Carolina: #151SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #174LAMississippi: #144MSAlabama: #157ALGeorgia: #217GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #303TXFlorida: #185FL
Brayden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28348
Quebec2025#42710

Brayden (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BraydenCanadaBoys#43873
BraydenEngland & WalesBoys#1,19724
BraydenIrelandBoys#6764
BraydenNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
BraydenNSWBoys—too few
BraydenScotlandBoys#29812
BraydenUSGirls—too few
BraydenUSBoys#2291,545