Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of Brandr.”
20062006: 227 births, rank #873
2007: 217 births, rank #912
2008: 244 births, rank #871
2009: 273 births, rank #812
2010: 248 births, rank #854
20112011: 310 births, rank #732
2012: 343 births, rank #691
2013: 355 births, rank #679
2014: 377 births, rank #674
2015: 363 births, rank #694
20162016: 368 births, rank #681
2017: 332 births, rank #722
2018: 302 births, rank #769
2019: 281 births, rank #811
2020: 258 births, rank #875
20212021: 244 births, rank #927
2022: 222 births, rank #1,002
2023: 197 births, rank #1,088
2024: 196 births, rank #1,099
20252025: 165 births, rank #1,222
Branson moved from #875 to #927 for boys between 2020 and 2021. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 377 births.