Branch
Branch is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 806th, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201892 births
- Best rank
- #806in 1889
- Since 1889
- 1,030people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,030 boys have been named Branch in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 92 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Branch | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 29 | |
| 1920s | 57 | |
| 1930s | 36 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 21 | |
| 1960s | 35 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 38 | |
| 2010s | 420 | |
| 2020s | 297 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Branch was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Branch
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elonpeak 2021
- Arrowpeak 2018
- Riaanpeak 2016
- Kyngpeak 2021
- Viaanpeak 2019
- Pharaohpeak 2019
- Lincolnpeak 2017
- Ayvenpeak 2018
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.