Bracken
Boy · BRAK-en · English
Bracken is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fern, bracken”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Bracken mean?
English: English word name
“fern, bracken”
An English word name for the large fern that covers hillsides and moorland.
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- BRAK-en
Is Bracken a girl's or a boy's name?
Bracken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bracken in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Bracken, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Bracken than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Bracken in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 46% of the babies named Bracken in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Bracken in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Bracken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Bracken, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more boys named Bracken than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Bracken in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bracken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
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