Braun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BROWN
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Braun is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brown”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Braun mean?
Germanic: German surname
“brown”
A German surname for someone with brown hair, eyes or clothing.
Is Braun a girl's or a boy's name?
Braun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Braun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Braun, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Braun in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Braun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Braun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Finn, Keegan, Brennan, Finnegan, Kayden, Declan, Brody, Deacon, Cannon, Brecken, Aiden
Names related to Braun
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Braun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/braun, updated 20 October 2026.