Is Brave a boy or girl name?

Brave is a unisex name. Of the 668 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 23.9% were girls and 76.0% were boys.

Brave

Recorded 2008–2025 · United States

Brave was most popular in 2022, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,174 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,916, with 46 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 668 people named Brave.

Brave over time

Births per year. The dot marks Brave’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Brave a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Brave is a unisex name — 23.9% of the 668 Americans given it were girls and 76.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 26% girls and 74% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org