Braden

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Braden: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Braden: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #390 in 2000, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#390highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#1052
1998	#657
1999	#906
2000	#596
2001	#728
2002	#586
2003	#761
2004	#875
2005	#705
2006	#748
2007	#799
2008	#1156
2009	#1033
2010	#1551
2011	#1688
2012	#1367
2013	#1617
2014	#1721
2015	#2483
2016	#1903
2017	#2324
2018	#2445
2019	#3937
2020	#4608
2021	#3017
2022	#4789
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #421 among boys in Northern Ireland, #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1903 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #535 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2016
Highest recorded position: #390 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Braden appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 512 births with the name.

Braden across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Braden's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#535 (1996)	#535 (1996)	#3254 (2024)	29 of 29	512 (1996–2024)	36 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#390 (2000)	#601 (2016)	3 of 17	12 (2000–2016)	5 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2014)	#398 (2014)	#421 (2016)	2 of 3	6 (2014–2016)	3 (2014)

Braden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Braden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	88	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	289	10 of 10	29
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Braden appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Braden's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#799	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#748	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#705	36	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#586	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #390, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brad · #77, 36y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Bradlee · #299, 20y
Bradley · #19, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alessio · #390, 30y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Odette · #391, 28y
Sia · #391, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alessio · #390, 30y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Coady · #390, 14y

Braden was ranked #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Braden and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Braden without appearing here.

Braden moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Braden

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Kelly Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3048.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2488.
Isak Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.

Moved the opposite way to Braden

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Braden

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braden went from #535 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Braden

Braden at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Braden across 3 official records

Braden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Braden appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Braden at a glance

Braden across 3 official records

Braden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Braden appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Braden

Braden and the names beside it

Braden moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Braden

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