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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Braiden” in the USA?

Number of people named “Braiden” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Braiden” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Braiden” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Braiden” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Braiden” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Braiden” by birth year

This chart shows how “Braiden” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 38 0.000009893 38 -100%
1993 57 0.000015118 5 52 -82%
1994 54 0.000014525 7 47 -74%
1995 64 0.000017476 5 59 -84%
1996 92 0.000025225 10 82 -78%
1997 84 0.000023168 6 78 -86%
1998 97 0.000026372 8 89 -84%
1999 158 0.000042774 11 147 -86%
2000 156 0.000041271 6 150 -92%
2001 206 0.00005503 14 192 -86%
2002 238 0.000063665 8 230 -93%
2003 240 0.000063119 6 234 -95%
2004 318 0.000083226 13 305 -92%
2005 403 0.000104816 12 391 -94%
2006 411 0.000103888 8 403 -96%
2007 490 0.000122571 8 482 -97%
2008 564 0.000143487 9 555 -97%
2009 563 0.000147375 563 -100%
2010 566 0.000153149 10 556 -96%
2011 474 0.000129586 6 468 -97%
2012 421 0.00011511 421 -100%
2013 298 0.000081741 298 -100%
2014 276 0.000074466 276 -100%
2015 241 0.000065119 241 -100%
2016 243 0.000066236 243 -100%
2017 194 0.000054248 194 -100%
2018 151 0.000042948 151 -100%
2019 113 0.000032556 113 -100%
2020 132 0.000039514 132 -100%
2021 103 0.000030402 103 -100%
2022 82 0.000024238 82 -100%
2023 64 0.000019328 64 -100%
2024 58 0.000017425 58 -100%

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  10. Braijon
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