Braden
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning broad valley; form of Bradley.
How Braden has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #411 |
| 2016 | #502 |
| 2017 | #546 |
| 2018 | #575 |
| 2019 | #671 |
| 2020 | #814 |
| 2021 | #905 |
| 2022 | #937 |
Braden by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Braden. In the US, 505 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,046 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Braden
Forms of Braden in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Bradley
Like Braden, each of these traces back to Bradley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Bradleybroad meadow or clearing1,686 in the US (2017)
- Brayleighbroad meadow; a modern spelling variant of Bradley193 in the US (2017)
- Bradleebroad clearing; a form of Bradley78 in the US (2017)
- Bradbroad; a diminutive of Bradley or Bradford55 in the US (2017)
- Bradlybroad meadow; spelling variant of Bradley35 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Braden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Braidenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden192 in the US (2017)
- Braedenbroad hillside; a modern respelling of Braden148 in the US (2017)
- Brandensword or fiery beacon; form of Brandon115 in the US (2017)
- Bradynbroad valley; a modern spelling of Braden109 in the US (2017)
- Brydenbroad hill or valley dwelling; a form of Brydon77 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Braden
Names that are said the same way as Braden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Braden, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Braden
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