How Many People Are Named Bran?
An estimated 225 people in the United States have the first name Bran. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Bran peaked in popularity in 2021 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bran as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bran paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
225
About 1 in 1,523,353 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2021
14 births
Total Registered
232
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bran
Bran is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 232 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bran as a male name
Ranked #11,099 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2021 (14 births)
Bran: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bran span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 93 babies were registered. While Bran is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Bran by Decade
How has Bran tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bran + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bran as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bran
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bran: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bran?
We estimate approximately 225 people named Bran are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,523,353 Americans share this first name.
Is Bran a common name?
Bran is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 232 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bran most popular?
Bran reached peak popularity in 2021, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bran is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bran a male name?
Bran is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bran Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bran Smith, Bran Johnson, Bran Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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