boy's name

Braedan

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,301

Braedan is a boy's name. In 2023 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 83 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Braedan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

582
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Braedan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 100
2000s 582
2010s 261
2020s (to 2023) 12

How popular is Braedan?

In 2023, Braedan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Braedan is used

Canada #2,780 5 in 2013
England & Wales #4,219 4 in 2013
United States #11,291 6 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Braedan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Braedan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Braedan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Braedan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Braedan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Braedan

How popular is the name Braedan?

In 2023, Braedan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Braedan a girl's or a boy's name?

Braedan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Braedan most popular?

Braedan peaked in 2007, when 83 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.