# Braiden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braiden/  
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 | 7,789 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,637 / 152 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 358, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 8,233 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,284 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,259 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,311 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,399 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,372 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,295 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,125 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,328 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8,985 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,606 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,863 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11,751 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,558 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,145 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 468 | 545 |
| 2012 | 421 | 601 |
| 2013 | 298 | 760 |
| 2014 | 277 | 821 |
| 2015 | 241 | 902 |
| 2016 | 243 | 894 |
| 2017 | 194 | 1,037 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,228 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,508 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,347 |
| 2021 | 103 | 1,633 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1,910 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,225 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,395 |
| 2025 | 44 | 2,842 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 | 970 |
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## 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.