Broden
#6,507 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Broden has been given to 1,616 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #6,507 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 140 recorded.
Babies named Broden, 2025
1 in 255,000
Broden over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Broden?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 255,000
- 13 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 131,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,507
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 176,762 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Broden sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Broden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Brodens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Broden was born before 2009 — so the typical Broden is around 16 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 49.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 92.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,616
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 49.0% of all recorded uses (792).
Is Broden rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −563
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −2,574
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −4,252
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.22×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 9.3%
- Peak was 2008 (140)
- Years since peak
- 17
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.2% average annual change
Spellings of Broden
Broden is not the most common spelling — Brayden is, with 30.6% against Broden's 0.36%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Broden is used
Across 1910–2025, Broden was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 216,799 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Minnesota1 in 50,000
- 2Arizona1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in 100,000
- 4Colorado1 in 100,000
- 5Kansas1 in 100,000
- 6Ohio1 in 100,000
- 7Oregon1 in 100,000
- 8Washington1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Broden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Broden around the world
Where Broden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2000–2024#5,120in 2024
- Scotland2009–2025#560in 2025
- Canada1995–2024#2,855in 2024
- South Australia1989–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Broden by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Broden
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Broden
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.