Meaning and history
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Bradáin, itself derived from the byname Bradán, Braden and its variant Brayden became popular in America at the end of the 20th century, alongside similar-sounding names such as Hayden and Aidan.
20062006: 2,857 births, rank #143
2007: 2,689 births, rank #156
2008: 2,524 births, rank #156
2009: 2,034 births, rank #185
2010: 1,710 births, rank #207
20112011: 1,342 births, rank #259
2012: 1,135 births, rank #303
2013: 965 births, rank #335
2014: 894 births, rank #357
2015: 758 births, rank #411
20162016: 599 births, rank #501
2017: 513 births, rank #546
2018: 480 births, rank #576
2019: 388 births, rank #671
2020: 287 births, rank #809
20212021: 255 births, rank #901
2022: 245 births, rank #935
2023: 187 births, rank #1,128
2024: 159 births, rank #1,243
20252025: 183 births, rank #1,152
Braden moved from #903 to #935 for boys between 2021 and 2022. Its highest annual birth count came in 2005, with 3,046 births.