Branden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-don
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Branden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill covered in broom”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Branden mean?
English: spelling of Brandon; place name and surname
“hill covered in broom”
From English places named Brandon, such as Brandon in Suffolk.
Meaning borrowed from Brandon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Branden a girl's or a boy's name?
Branden 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 Branden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 41 boys.
Half of all the boys named Branden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Branden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 35 | #686 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 34 | #604 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Branden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Branden, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 1992, with 1,150 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Branden than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Branden in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,387 boys in the US were given Branden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #270, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Branden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 75 | #1,953 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 188 | #1,057 |
| 2014 | 205 | #1,004 |
| 2013 | 201 | #988 |
| 2012 | 250 | #850 |
| 2011 | 336 | #691 |
| 2010 | 385 | #630 |
| 2009 | 444 | #588 |
| 2008 | 431 | #586 |
| 2007 | 556 | #481 |
| 2006 | 566 | #471 |
| 2005 | 588 | #444 |
| 2004 | 618 | #421 |
| 2003 | 662 | #395 |
| 2002 | 714 | #369 |
| 2001 | 811 | #339 |
| 2000 | 810 | #338 |
| 1999 | 918 | #310 |
| 1998 | 909 | #309 |
| 1997 | 889 | #305 |
| 1996 | 939 | #288 |
| 1995 | 910 | #291 |
| 1994 | 1,038 | #270 |
| 1993 | 1,071 | #270 |
| 1992 | 1,150 | #252 |
| 1991 | 1,011 | #267 |
| 1990 | 849 | #299 |
| 1989 | 970 | #262 |
| 1988 | 894 | #262 |
| 1987 | 913 | #251 |
| 1986 | 858 | #259 |
| 1985 | 810 | #265 |
| 1984 | 735 | #283 |
| 1983 | 640 | #308 |
| 1982 | 597 | #320 |
| 1981 | 600 | #317 |
| 1980 | 398 | #407 |
| 1979 | 293 | #483 |
| 1978 | 246 | #523 |
| 1977 | 252 | #526 |
| 1976 | 177 | #614 |
| 1975 | 205 | #564 |
| 1974 | 165 | #625 |
| 1973 | 141 | #673 |
| 1972 | 107 | #770 |
| 1971 | 78 | #920 |
| 1970 | 73 | #931 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Branden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden Brayden Brody Kayden Declan Keegan Brogan Conan Ryan Finn Kian Ronan
Other spellings of Branden
Names related to Branden
More English names
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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, “Branden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/branden, updated 20 October 2026.