Branson
Branson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 194 births. Its best rank was 675th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1940.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014377 births
- Best rank
- #675in 2014
- Since 1912
- 8,059people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,059 boys have been named Branson in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 377 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Branson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | |
| 1920s | 54 | |
| 1930s | 44 | |
| 1940s | 41 | |
| 1950s | 48 | |
| 1960s | 46 | |
| 1970s | 132 | |
| 1980s | 306 | |
| 1990s | 1,031 | |
| 2000s | 1,927 | |
| 2010s | 3,279 | |
| 2020s | 1,115 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Branson was the 675th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Branson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gunnarpeak 2015
- Koltenpeak 2015
- Kylarpeak 2016
- Chaycepeak 2016
- Koltonpeak 2012
- Abdulrahmanpeak 2016
- Parkerpeak 2014
- Tuckerpeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.