Fun Facts About the Name Broden
- More than 1 thousand babies named Broden: U.S. records list 1,615 babies given the name Broden from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Broden Mean?
Broden is an English-language masculine given name whose meaning is not firmly established. It is often analyzed as a spelling variant of Braden, a surname and given name with more than one explanation. One derivation is an English place-name sense from Old English brād "broad" and denu "valley," giving "broad valley." Another is the Irish surname Ó Bradáin, "descendant of Bradán," in which Bradán is commonly translated "salmon." Broden is also close in form to Brody, but similarity alone does not show that the names share an origin. No separate etymology for Broden is well attested.
Broden Name History & Origins
Broden follows the modern English pattern of surname-derived boys' names, and it is commonly grouped with Braden and Brody. The related surname Braden has both Irish and English family-name histories; its use as a first name helped establish the type of two-syllable name that Broden resembles. The spelling Broden is English and is not a direct rendering of the Gaelic Ó Bradáin; its resemblance to Brody does not establish a shared family history.
How Popular is the Name Broden?
Broden has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #1,241 in 2008.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,511 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #5,926 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #9,892 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #4,588 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #4,958 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #3,934 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #4,129 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #3,720 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #2,963 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2016 | #2,730 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2015 | #2,256 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2014 | #2,122 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 2013 | #2,118 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2012 | #1,862 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #1,451 | 113 | 0.0060% |
| 2010 | #1,494 | 109 | 0.0057% |
| 2009 | #1,369 | 125 | 0.0063% |
| 2008 | #1,241 | 140 | 0.0069% |
| 2007 | #1,342 | 125 | 0.0060% |
| 2006 | #1,685 | 84 | 0.0041% |
| 2005 | #1,651 | 82 | 0.0041% |
| 2004 | #1,994 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 2003 | #1,908 | 61 | 0.0031% |
| 2002 | #2,130 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #2,527 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2000 | #3,159 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #3,387 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #3,504 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #3,902 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #7,235 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #4,544 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #5,498 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #8,873 | 5 | 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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