Brayden

What Brayden means

Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”

variant of Braden || Anglicised from an Irish surname Ó Bradáin (“descendant of Bradán”), from a personal name meaning "salmon," from bradán (“salmon”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Brayden” (revision 89119510) and “Braden” (revision 91521940), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Brayden?

US: Falling: down from #61 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #390 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 9,122 boys got the name (#40 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 1,106 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,331 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.08 per 1,000 boys), WV (2.11 per 1,000 boys), MS (2.03 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Brayden is #229 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Brayden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Braden183 US · 5 E&W
• Braydon90 US · 5 E&W
• Braiden44 US
• Bradyn36 US
• Braeden35 US
• Bryden31 US · 3 E&W
• Brayton27 US
• Breyden23 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Brayden

Boys

• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*
• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025

For a sister

• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Brayden’s. Rank is US 2025.