# Brayden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brayden/  
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 | 137,606 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 136,548 / 1,058 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,822, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 46 | 3,475 |
| 2011 | 42 | 3,673 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,283 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,861 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,498 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,687 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,221 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,517 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,700 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,810 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,400 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,701 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,534 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,462 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,042 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9,025 | 36 |
| 2012 | 8,513 | 39 |
| 2013 | 7,455 | 48 |
| 2014 | 6,596 | 62 |
| 2015 | 6,282 | 61 |
| 2016 | 5,734 | 64 |
| 2017 | 5,178 | 72 |
| 2018 | 4,422 | 84 |
| 2019 | 3,690 | 101 |
| 2020 | 3,294 | 111 |
| 2021 | 2,849 | 131 |
| 2022 | 2,591 | 149 |
| 2023 | 2,285 | 160 |
| 2024 | 1,923 | 190 |
| 2025 | 1,545 | 229 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 139 | 320 |
| 2012 | 107 | 389 |
| 2013 | 97 | 420 |
| 2014 | 94 | 429 |
| 2015 | 109 | 390 |
| 2016 | 73 | 531 |
| 2017 | 88 | 465 |
| 2018 | 75 | 520 |
| 2019 | 57 | 628 |
| 2020 | 50 | 679 |
| 2021 | 51 | 688 |
| 2022 | 44 | 746 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## People named Brayden

- Brayden Point, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey defenceman

## 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.