Braeden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAY-den
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Braeden is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “salmon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Braeden mean?
Irish: spelling of Braden, from O Bradain
“salmon”
From an Irish surname meaning 'descendant of Bradan', a byname meaning 'salmon'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Braeden a girl's or a boy's name?
Braeden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Braeden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Braeden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Braeden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Braeden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Braeden, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,004 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer boys named Braeden than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Braeden in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,823 boys in the US were given Braeden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #221, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Braeden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,082 |
| 2021 | 89 | #1,784 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,494 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2017 | 150 | #1,219 |
| 2016 | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | 293 | #796 |
| 2014 | 289 | #793 |
| 2013 | 330 | #714 |
| 2012 | 446 | #576 |
| 2011 | 561 | #476 |
| 2010 | 689 | #409 |
| 2009 | 816 | #373 |
| 2008 | 948 | #345 |
| 2007 | 979 | #325 |
| 2006 | 966 | #333 |
| 2005 | 1,004 | #322 |
| 2004 | 941 | #324 |
| 2003 | 876 | #330 |
| 2002 | 741 | #360 |
| 2001 | 605 | #415 |
| 2000 | 527 | #451 |
| 1999 | 406 | #522 |
| 1998 | 280 | #636 |
| 1997 | 227 | #700 |
| 1996 | 173 | #825 |
| 1995 | 110 | #1,066 |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,071 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Nicknames for Braeden
- Brae 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Braeden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Finn Brayden Kayden Brody Kian Keegan Brogan Ronan Declan Conan Caelan
Other spellings of Braeden
Brayden Braydon Braiden Bradyn Breyden Braedyn Braedon Braydan Braydyn Braydin
Names related to Braeden
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Braeden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/braeden, updated 20 October 2026.