Braiden

maleStatistical record

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

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

Braiden: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #283 in 2018, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#283highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
1999	#2943
2000	#1330
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#1326
2004	#1498
2005	#1456
2006	#1127
2007	#1079
2008	#1085
2009	#1358
2010	#970
2011	#1045
2012	#1021
2013	#1116
2014	#1935
2015	#1786
2016	#1363
2017	#1703
2018	#2445
2019	#3013
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3017 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1578 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2017–2021
Highest recorded position: #283 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2017–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Braiden appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 358 births with the name.

Braiden across 2 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.

Braiden'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	#1578 (1997)	#970 (2010)	#3688 (2024)	28 of 28	358 (1997–2024)	29 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2017)	#283 (2018)	#433 (2021)	4 of 5	16 (2017–2021)	6 (2018)

Braiden 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 Braiden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	136	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Braiden 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #283 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Braiden'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #283, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 20 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.

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Bram · #715, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Buddy · #282, 27y
Rosaline · #282, 27y
Esha · #285, 29y
Imaan · #285, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Danyal · #283, 29y
Kyron · #283, 30y
Amy-Louise · #282, 20y
Atlanta · #282, 30y

Braiden was ranked #283 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Braiden 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 Braiden without appearing here.

Braiden moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Kerry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1330 and #3036.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Braiden

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1330 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1202.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1330 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #907.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Braiden

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Braiden

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Braiden went from #1578 to #3688 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #283 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Braiden

Braiden at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Braiden across 2 official records

Braiden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Braiden across 2 official records

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