Bransen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Bransen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Brand”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Bransen mean?
English: spelling of Branson; English surname
“son of Brand”
From an English surname meaning son of Brand, an Old Norse personal name meaning sword or fire.
Meaning borrowed from Branson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bransen a girl's or a boy's name?
Bransen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bransen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Bransen, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Bransen in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 194 boys in the US were given Bransen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,012, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Bransen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Bransen
- Bran 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bransen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Kayden Aiden Braylen Deacon Boden Raiden Cannon Brecken Declan Finnegan Ronan
Other spellings of Bransen
Names related to Bransen
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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, “Bransen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bransen, updated 20 October 2026.