Branden is an established variant of Brandon that peaked in 1992 and has since faded.
Branden is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,320 for boy births in the United States (and #7,134 across all names), given to 35 babies. Branden first appears in 1959 and peaked in 1992 (1,150 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,320 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,604 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,483 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,797 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,350 |
| 2020 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,876 |
| 2019 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,507 |
| 2017 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,235 |
| 2015 | 188 | 188 | — | #1,057 |
| 2014 | 205 | 205 | — | #1,004 |
| 2013 | 201 | 201 | — | #988 |
| 2012 | 250 | 250 | — | #850 |
| 2011 | 336 | 336 | — | #691 |
| 2010 | 385 | 385 | — | #630 |
| 2009 | 444 | 444 | — | #588 |
| 2008 | 431 | 431 | — | #587 |
| 2007 | 556 | 556 | — | #481 |
| 2006 | 566 | 566 | — | #472 |
| 2005 | 588 | 588 | — | #444 |
| 2004 | 618 | 618 | — | #421 |
| 2003 | 662 | 662 | — | #395 |
| 2002 | 714 | 714 | — | #369 |
| 2001 | 811 | 811 | — | #339 |
| 2000 | 810 | 810 | — | #338 |
| 1999 | 918 | 918 | — | #310 |
| 1998 | 909 | 909 | — | #309 |
| 1997 | 895 | — | #12,287 | #305 |
| 1996 | 945 | — | #12,033 | #288 |
| 1995 | 910 | — | — | #291 |
| 1994 | 1,046 | — | #9,687 | #270 |
| 1993 | 1,078 | — | #10,746 | #270 |
| 1992 | 1,160 | — | #8,142 | #252 |
| 1991 | 1,011 | — | — | #267 |
| 1990 | 857 | — | #9,351 | #299 |
| 1989 | 980 | — | #7,505 | #262 |
| 1988 | 920 | — | #3,595 | #262 |
| 1987 | 926 | — | #5,635 | #251 |
| 1986 | 880 | — | #3,768 | #259 |
| 1985 | 831 | — | #3,865 | #265 |
| 1984 | 754 | — | #4,014 | #283 |
| 1983 | 657 | — | #4,304 | #309 |
| 1982 | 620 | — | #3,537 | #320 |
| 1981 | 626 | — | #3,259 | #317 |
| 1980 | 423 | — | #3,330 | #407 |
| 1979 | 307 | — | #4,869 | #483 |
| 1978 | 257 | — | #5,602 | #524 |
| 1977 | 267 | — | #4,452 | #527 |
| 1976 | 186 | — | #6,094 | #615 |
| 1975 | 214 | — | #6,018 | #564 |
| 1974 | 172 | — | #6,978 | #625 |
| 1973 | 148 | — | #6,743 | #673 |
| 1972 | 113 | — | #7,360 | #771 |
| 1971 | 78 | — | — | #920 |
| 1970 | 78 | — | #8,105 | #931 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | — | #1,572 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | — | #1,287 |
| 1967 | 23 | — | — | #1,611 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #1,974 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | — | #1,723 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,110 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | — | #2,687 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,341 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,116 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,052 |