Recorded 1959–2025 · United States
Branden was most popular in 1992, when 1,160 American babies were given the name — ranking #499 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 27,867 people named Branden.
Branden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1959, which makes it about 66 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 66 of the 67 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 27,867 American births named Branden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 26,831 are estimated to be alive today.
35 American babies were named Branden in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Branden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 236 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -79% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Branden is a boy’s name — 1.2% of the 27,867 Americans given it were girls and 98.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 26,831 Americans named Branden are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 32 years old, and half are between 24 and 39.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org