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Branson

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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
Babies named Branson, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Branson
1910s36
1920s54
1930s44
1940s41
1950s48
1960s46
1970s132
1980s306
1990s1,031
2000s1,927
2010s3,279
2020s1,115

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.

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.