# Branson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/branson/  
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 | /ˈbɹænsən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,226 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 16,153 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 310 | 732 |
| 2012 | 343 | 691 |
| 2013 | 355 | 679 |
| 2014 | 377 | 675 |
| 2015 | 363 | 694 |
| 2016 | 368 | 682 |
| 2017 | 332 | 723 |
| 2018 | 302 | 770 |
| 2019 | 281 | 811 |
| 2020 | 258 | 875 |
| 2021 | 244 | 927 |
| 2022 | 222 | 1,002 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,089 |
| 2024 | 196 | 1,099 |
| 2025 | 165 | 1,222 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |

## 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.