# Braedon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braedon/  
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 | 3,994 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,994 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 68, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern spelling variant 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 178 | 1,056 |
| 2012 | 129 | 1,324 |
| 2013 | 106 | 1,521 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,021 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,069 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,113 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,016 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,177 |
| 2019 | 19 | 4,988 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,155 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,384 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,534 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,588 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,404 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,861 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## 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.