# Braeden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braeden/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,872 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,642 / 230 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant spelling of Braden.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 11 | 7,580 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,032 |
| 1997 | 12 | 7,341 |
| 1998 | 16 | 6,112 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,791 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,647 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,272 |
| 2002 | 20 | 5,702 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,650 |
| 2004 | 24 | 5,236 |
| 2005 | 23 | 5,466 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,807 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10,947 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10,927 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13,935 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 561 | 476 |
| 2012 | 446 | 577 |
| 2013 | 330 | 714 |
| 2014 | 289 | 793 |
| 2015 | 293 | 798 |
| 2016 | 205 | 994 |
| 2017 | 150 | 1,221 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,421 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,495 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,798 |
| 2021 | 89 | 1,786 |
| 2022 | 72 | 2,083 |
| 2023 | 47 | 2,741 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,394 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,319 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 21 | 1,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Braeden

- Braeden Lemasters, American actor and musician (born 1996)

## 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.