Bravery
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- BRAY-ver-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Bravery is a name of English origin, meaning “courage”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Bravery mean?
English: English word
“courage”
A virtue name taken directly from the English word for courage.
Is Bravery a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bravery has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Bravery in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Bravery, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had more boys named Bravery than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Bravery in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bravery in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Bravery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Finnegan Brody Deacon Rowdy Briggs Caspian Brecken Cannon Brayden Kayden Braylen
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, “Bravery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bravery, updated 20 October 2026.