Bradyn
Bradyn was the 3255th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 612th with 407 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,859 places. More babies were named Bradyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Braden) Irish "salmon" or English "broad valley" · Irish, Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,255 boys, down 1,113 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2008407 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,997babies recorded
What does the name Bradyn mean?
Bradyn is a spelling of Braden, pronounced the same way, so it shares Braden's meaning and origin.
Braden is a surname with two separate sources. Wiktionary traces it to the Irish Ó Bradáin, "descendant of Bradán", a personal name meaning "salmon"; Wikipedia adds an English place-name origin meaning "broad valley" or "broad hillside", as in Braydon Forest in Wiltshire. As a first name Braden is mainly American and Canadian and was most popular in the early 2000s, alongside Brayden and Bradyn.
bradán (Irish, “salmon”)brād (Old English, “broad”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two unrelated surnames have the same spelling; which applies depends on the family.
Related names: Brayden, Braeden, Bradan, Brady.
See also: Irish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Braden', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Braden (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Bradyn popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 224 since 1993.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,255 | 36 |
| 2020 | #2,142 | 65 |
| 2010 | #735 | 311 |
| 2000 | #1,448 | 85 |
| 1990 | #4,441 | 12 |
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How popular is Bradyn, counting every spelling?
Bradyn is a spelling of Braden, a name family that ranked #970 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,255 for Bradyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 224 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braden | 183 | #1,152 | 1,029 |
| Bradyn | 36 | #3,255 | 211 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bradyn?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bradyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bradyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bradyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bradyn?
About 4,700 people born in the US named Bradyn are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 14 and 21. That makes Bradyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bradyn by state
How common Bradyn was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bradyn: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bradyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bradyn
What does Bradyn mean?
Bradyn is a spelling of Braden, which means “Irish "salmon" or English "broad valley"” (Irish, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Bradyn?
Bradyn was the 3255th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 612th with 407 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,859 places. More babies were named Bradyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Bradyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bradyn in the US.
Where is Bradyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bradyn was most common in Arizona (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and California.