Branson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAN-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,222 for boys
Branson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Brand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,222nd for boys in the US (165 babies).
What does Branson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Brand”
From an English surname meaning son of Brand, an Old Norse personal name meaning sword or fire.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Branson a girl's or a boy's name?
Branson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 165 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Branson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,222nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 165 about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 165 boys in the US were named Branson, making it the 1,222nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 875th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 377 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Branson than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Branson in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 194 boys in the US were given Branson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,012, up from #1,222 for this spelling alone.
Branson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | #1,222 |
| 2024 | 196 | #1,099 |
| 2023 | 197 | #1,088 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,002 |
| 2021 | 244 | #927 |
| 2020 | 258 | #875 |
| 2019 | 281 | #811 |
| 2018 | 302 | #769 |
| 2017 | 332 | #722 |
| 2016 | 368 | #681 |
| 2015 | 363 | #694 |
| 2014 | 377 | #674 |
| 2013 | 355 | #679 |
| 2012 | 343 | #691 |
| 2011 | 310 | #732 |
| 2010 | 248 | #854 |
| 2009 | 273 | #812 |
| 2008 | 244 | #871 |
| 2007 | 217 | #912 |
| 2006 | 227 | #873 |
| 2005 | 180 | #966 |
| 2004 | 177 | #948 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,015 |
| 2002 | 151 | #1,018 |
| 2001 | 151 | #1,003 |
| 2000 | 152 | #975 |
| 1999 | 157 | #929 |
| 1998 | 151 | #930 |
| 1997 | 159 | #871 |
| 1996 | 125 | #997 |
| 1995 | 126 | #984 |
| 1994 | 99 | #1,136 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,164 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Nicknames for Branson
- Bran 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Branson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bryson, Braxton, Deacon, Boston, Grayson, Landon, Cannon, Ashton, Colton, Easton, Mason, Hudson
Other spellings of Branson
Names related to Branson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Branson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/branson, updated 20 October 2026.