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How popular is “Branden” in the USA?

Number of people named “Branden” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Branden” 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 “Branden” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Branden” by birth year

This chart shows how “Branden” 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
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 23 0.000006775 23 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 27 0.000007769 27 -100%
1970 78 0.000021628 5 73 -87%
1971 78 0.000022725 78 -100%
1972 113 0.000035953 6 107 -89%
1973 148 0.000049057 7 141 -91%
1974 172 0.000056579 7 165 -92%
1975 214 0.000070875 9 205 -92%
1976 186 0.000061299 9 177 -90%
1977 267 0.000084055 15 252 -89%
1978 257 0.000080974 11 246 -91%
1979 307 0.000092275 14 293 -91%
1980 423 0.000122804 25 398 -88%
1981 626 0.000180958 26 600 -92%
1982 619 0.000176456 23 596 -93%
1983 657 0.000189701 17 640 -95%
1984 754 0.000216123 19 735 -95%
1985 831 0.000232831 21 810 -95%
1986 880 0.000247394 22 858 -95%
1987 926 0.000256822 13 913 -97%
1988 920 0.000248982 26 894 -94%
1989 980 0.000254913 10 970 -98%
1990 857 0.000216826 8 849 -98%
1991 1011 0.000259546 1011 -100%
1992 1160 0.000301983 10 1150 -98%
1993 1078 0.00028592 7 1071 -99%
1994 1046 0.00028136 8 1038 -98%
1995 910 0.000248488 910 -100%
1996 945 0.000259103 6 939 -99%
1997 895 0.000246846 6 889 -99%
1998 909 0.000247131 909 -100%
1999 918 0.00024852 918 -100%
2000 810 0.000214291 810 -100%
2001 811 0.000216649 811 -100%
2002 714 0.000190996 714 -100%
2003 662 0.000174104 662 -100%
2004 618 0.000161741 618 -100%
2005 588 0.000152932 588 -100%
2006 566 0.000143067 566 -100%
2007 556 0.000139081 556 -100%
2008 431 0.000109651 431 -100%
2009 444 0.000116225 444 -100%
2010 385 0.000104174 385 -100%
2011 336 0.000091859 336 -100%
2012 250 0.000068355 250 -100%
2013 201 0.000055134 201 -100%
2014 205 0.00005531 205 -100%
2015 188 0.000050798 188 -100%
2016 151 0.000041159 151 -100%
2017 116 0.000032437 116 -100%
2018 114 0.000032424 114 -100%
2019 75 0.000021608 75 -100%
2020 79 0.000023649 79 -100%
2021 58 0.00001712 58 -100%
2022 46 0.000013597 46 -100%
2023 54 0.000016308 54 -100%
2024 51 0.000015322 51 -100%

Explore other names

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