# Braydon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braydon/  
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 | 14,338 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,315 / 23 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 726, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern spelling variant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 10,828 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,229 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,603 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 805 | 369 |
| 2012 | 734 | 397 |
| 2013 | 588 | 472 |
| 2014 | 528 | 526 |
| 2015 | 491 | 572 |
| 2016 | 384 | 672 |
| 2017 | 342 | 713 |
| 2018 | 258 | 856 |
| 2019 | 220 | 974 |
| 2020 | 186 | 1,074 |
| 2021 | 189 | 1,103 |
| 2022 | 135 | 1,381 |
| 2023 | 128 | 1,422 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,600 |
| 2025 | 90 | 1,778 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 621 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 29 | 988 |
| 2015 | 42 | 765 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Braydon

- Braydon Coburn, Canadian ice hockey player
- Braydon Hobbs, American basketball player (born 1989)

## 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.