Branch

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 70 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
70
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Branch by the numbers

Branch was given to 70 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 74 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Branch

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Branch. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brance7 in the US (2017)
  • Brandtfirebrand or sword97 in the US (2017)
  • Brandisword; a form of Brandon78 in the US (2017)
  • Brantfire; sword64 in the US (2017)
  • Blanchewhite; pale8 in the US (2017)
  • Brannraven; a form of bran5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Branch

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