Fun Facts About the Name Brayden
- More than 137 thousand babies named Brayden: U.S. records list 137,576 babies given the name Brayden from 1880 through 2025. Even 1,058 girls received the name Brayden - about 1 girl for every 129 boys.
What Does the Name Brayden Mean?
Brayden is an English-language name used mainly in the United States and other English-speaking countries, and it is best understood as a respelling of the older name Braden. Braden does not trace back to a single word with one agreed translation; it matches two separate surname traditions. The first is the Irish surname Ó Bradáin, "descendant of Bradán," built on the personal name Bradán. That older name is usually connected with Irish bradán, "salmon," though some writers link it instead with bradach, "spirited" or "thieving," so its own sense is not settled. The second tradition is an English surname taken from a place name formed from Old English brād, "broad," and denu, "valley," which gives the customary explanation "broad valley." Because the name matches more than one plausible source and neither is decisively documented for this spelling, its meaning is best described as uncertain rather than as one fixed translation.
Brayden Name History & Origins
The spelling Brayden is recent. The forms behind it are older as surnames: Ó Bradáin is an Irish family name, anglicized in ways that include Braden and Bradeen, and Braden also appears as a surname in England, where it is associated with place names formed from Old English brād and denu. Both surnames belong to the Irish and English name stock respectively, and neither is tied to a single famous individual or story. Their use as first names is more recent and belongs to the broad English-speaking practice of turning surnames into given names, above all in the United States.
The -ay- in Brayden follows a pattern set by names such as Hayden, Jayden, and Kayden, in which the same vowel sound and ending became common in the late twentieth century. That spelling does not by itself prove an origin different from Braden; it chiefly records how the name was written and pronounced as it spread. Because Brayden as a written form belongs to the modern period, its documented background lies mostly in the histories of the surnames that lie behind it.
How Popular is the Name Brayden?
Brayden recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2010. Brayden entered the top 100 U.S. boy names in 2005.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #9,014 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #10,446 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,526 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #7,693 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #10,392 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,807 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,697 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #7,513 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #6,220 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #7,686 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #5,498 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #3,861 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #5,282 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #3,673 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2010 | #3,475 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2009 | #3,052 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2008 | #2,999 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2007 | #2,717 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #2,855 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #2,834 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2004 | #2,230 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 2003 | #2,613 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2002 | #2,789 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #2,710 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2000 | #2,950 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1999 | #3,193 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1998 | #3,662 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #4,526 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #4,323 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #6,695 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #5,751 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #9,665 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #229 | 1,545 | 0.0905% |
| 2024 | #190 | 1,917 | 0.1118% |
| 2023 | #160 | 2,282 | 0.1336% |
| 2022 | #149 | 2,587 | 0.1483% |
| 2021 | #131 | 2,846 | 0.1628% |
| 2020 | #111 | 3,292 | 0.1908% |
| 2019 | #101 | 3,689 | 0.2057% |
| 2018 | #84 | 4,422 | 0.2436% |
| 2017 | #72 | 5,177 | 0.2798% |
| 2016 | #64 | 5,734 | 0.3022% |
| 2015 | #61 | 6,280 | 0.3277% |
| 2014 | #62 | 6,592 | 0.3433% |
| 2013 | #48 | 7,455 | 0.3942% |
| 2012 | #39 | 8,513 | 0.4488% |
| 2011 | #36 | 9,024 | 0.4752% |
| 2010 | #40 | 9,119 | 0.4753% |
| 2009 | #48 | 8,603 | 0.4338% |
| 2008 | #51 | 8,445 | 0.4140% |
| 2007 | #64 | 7,226 | 0.3482% |
| 2006 | #79 | 6,160 | 0.2997% |
| 2005 | #80 | 5,512 | 0.2760% |
| 2004 | #107 | 4,066 | 0.2049% |
| 2003 | #110 | 3,672 | 0.1859% |
| 2002 | #138 | 2,809 | 0.1447% |
| 2001 | #176 | 2,129 | 0.1096% |
| 2000 | #199 | 1,760 | 0.0896% |
| 1999 | #222 | 1,523 | 0.0793% |
| 1998 | #284 | 1,015 | 0.0531% |
| 1997 | #351 | 724 | 0.0384% |
| 1996 | #390 | 604 | 0.0319% |
| 1995 | #480 | 450 | 0.0236% |
| 1994 | #586 | 310 | 0.0160% |
| 1993 | #651 | 250 | 0.0127% |
| 1992 | #795 | 173 | 0.0087% |
| 1991 | #885 | 142 | 0.0070% |
| 1990 | #1,042 | 103 | 0.0050% |
| 1989 | #1,173 | 82 | 0.0041% |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 1987 | #1,711 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1985 | #1,976 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1984 | #2,976 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #3,428 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #2,850 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #4,560 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #3,279 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #4,110 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #3,423 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #4,643 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #3,748 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #3,990 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #4,288 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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