Branson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Branson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,222 for boy births in the United States (and #2,522 across all names), given to 165 babies. Branson first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2014 (377 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,222 |
| 2024 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,099 |
| 2023 | 197 | 197 | — | #1,089 |
| 2022 | 222 | 222 | — | #1,002 |
| 2021 | 244 | 244 | — | #927 |
| 2020 | 258 | 258 | — | #875 |
| 2019 | 281 | 281 | — | #811 |
| 2018 | 302 | 302 | — | #770 |
| 2017 | 332 | 332 | — | #723 |
| 2016 | 368 | 368 | — | #682 |
| 2015 | 363 | 363 | — | #694 |
| 2014 | 377 | 377 | — | #675 |
| 2013 | 355 | 355 | — | #679 |
| 2012 | 343 | 343 | — | #691 |
| 2011 | 310 | 310 | — | #732 |
| 2010 | 248 | 248 | — | #854 |
| 2009 | 273 | 273 | — | #812 |
| 2008 | 244 | 244 | — | #871 |
| 2007 | 217 | 217 | — | #912 |
| 2006 | 227 | 227 | — | #873 |
| 2005 | 180 | 180 | — | #967 |
| 2004 | 177 | 177 | — | #949 |
| 2003 | 160 | 160 | #16,153 | #1,017 |
| 2002 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,019 |
| 2001 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,004 |
| 2000 | 152 | 152 | — | #979 |
| 1999 | 157 | 157 | — | #932 |
| 1998 | 151 | 151 | — | #933 |
| 1997 | 159 | — | — | #873 |
| 1996 | 125 | — | — | #999 |
| 1995 | 126 | — | — | #988 |
| 1994 | 99 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1993 | 91 | — | — | #1,168 |
| 1992 | 45 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | — | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 36 | — | — | #2,050 |
| 1989 | 42 | — | — | #1,798 |
| 1988 | 31 | — | — | #2,040 |
| 1987 | 32 | — | — | #1,939 |
| 1986 | 27 | — | — | #2,102 |
| 1985 | 33 | — | — | #1,799 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | — | #1,697 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | — | #2,022 |
| 1982 | 29 | — | — | #1,895 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1980 | 20 | — | — | #2,457 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | — | #1,713 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | — | #2,485 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | — | #2,568 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | — | #2,617 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | — | #3,463 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | — | #2,970 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,498 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | — | #2,692 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | — | #3,886 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,131 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | — | #3,584 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,316 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,104 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,342 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,134 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,118 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,302 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,605 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | — | #3,229 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | — | #2,727 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #3,802 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #3,774 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | — | #2,602 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | — | #3,347 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,357 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,411 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | — | #3,581 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,385 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,656 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | — | #3,505 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,150 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,584 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | — | #3,709 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | — | #2,563 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | — | #2,873 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,430 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,062 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,601 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,718 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,161 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | — | #3,455 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,514 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,008 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | — | #3,524 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,225 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | — | #3,137 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | — | #2,651 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,681 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,072 |