# Braden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of bradán”, “salmon” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹeɪdən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Braeden, Braiden, Brayden, Breighden |
| US babies named this | 46,512 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46,235 / 277 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 517, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicised from an Irish surname Ó Bradáin (“descendant of Bradán”), from a personal name meaning "salmon," from bradán (“salmon”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12 | 7,340 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,163 |
| 1999 | 19 | 5,462 |
| 2000 | 22 | 5,170 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,799 |
| 2002 | 24 | 4,924 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,786 |
| 2004 | 22 | 5,596 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8,984 |
| 2006 | 17 | 7,200 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,804 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,082 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,749 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,733 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,981 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,342 | 259 |
| 2012 | 1,135 | 303 |
| 2013 | 965 | 335 |
| 2014 | 894 | 357 |
| 2015 | 758 | 411 |
| 2016 | 599 | 501 |
| 2017 | 513 | 546 |
| 2018 | 480 | 576 |
| 2019 | 388 | 671 |
| 2020 | 287 | 809 |
| 2021 | 255 | 903 |
| 2022 | 245 | 935 |
| 2023 | 187 | 1,129 |
| 2024 | 159 | 1,244 |
| 2025 | 183 | 1,152 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Braden

- Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Braden Schneider, Canadian ice hockey player
- Scott Cawthon, former independent video game developer
- Clavicular, American streamer and PSL influencer in the incelosphere and manospere (born 2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.