Branch
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRANCH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Branch is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tree branch”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Branch mean?
English: English word and surname, from Old French branche
“tree branch”
Baseball executive Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in modern major-league baseball.
Is Branch a girl's or a boy's name?
Branch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Branch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Branch, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,911th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Branch than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Branch in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Branch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 79 | #1,914 |
| 2020 | 77 | #1,911 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,868 |
| 2018 | 92 | #1,707 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
Names like Branch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briggs, Finn, Ridge, Deacon, Bronx, Finnegan, Brayden, Cannon, Briar, Rhodes, Bridger, Boden
Names related to Branch
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Branch: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/branch, updated 20 October 2026.