# Branko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/branko/  
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 | 85 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 85 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 | 4,133 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,106 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,992 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,188 |
| 1975 | 11 | 3,272 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,489 |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,901 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,520 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,487 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,397 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,859 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,436 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,791 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,407 |

## People named Branko

- Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (1932–2019)
- Branko Zebec, Croatian footballer and manager (1929–1988)
- Branko Strupar, Belgian footballer
- Branko Ivanković, Croatian association football player and manager
- Branko Đurić, Bosnian actor
- Branko Grünbaum, Croatian-American mathematician at the University of Washington (1929-2018)
- Branko Hucika, Croatian association football player
- Branko Miljuš, footballer
- Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian poet (1898–1925)
- Branko Kralj, Croatian footballer (1924-2012)
- Branko Skroče, Croatian basketball player
- Branko Schmidt, Croatian film director

## 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.