# Branden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/branden/  
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 | 27,867 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,537 / 330 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 453, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 26 | 3,259 |
| 1982 | 23 | 3,537 |
| 1983 | 17 | 4,304 |
| 1984 | 19 | 4,014 |
| 1985 | 21 | 3,865 |
| 1986 | 22 | 3,768 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,635 |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,595 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,505 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,351 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,142 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,746 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9,687 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,033 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,287 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 336 | 691 |
| 2012 | 250 | 850 |
| 2013 | 201 | 988 |
| 2014 | 205 | 1,004 |
| 2015 | 188 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 151 | 1,235 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,460 |
| 2018 | 114 | 1,507 |
| 2019 | 75 | 1,958 |
| 2020 | 79 | 1,876 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,350 |
| 2022 | 46 | 2,797 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2,483 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,604 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,320 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 27 | 885 |
| 2007 | 16 | 1,361 |
| 2008 | 26 | 987 |
| 2009 | 18 | 1,302 |
| 2010 | 15 | 1,551 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Branden

- Branden Dawson, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Branden Carlson, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Branden Frazier, American basketball player (born 1992)

## 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.