Brave

Boy · recorded 2008–2025

  • #3,181in 2025
  • 1 in 46,164boys in 2025
  • +89%last ten years

Most popular in 2023.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Brave, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20084
20094
20104
20113
20129
20138
201410
201511
201616
201710
201818
201923
202030
202130
202231
202331
202421
202522

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Brave isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
37
Rank in 2025
#3,181
How rare
1 in 46,164 boys
Since 2008
508

Most popular in 2023, at 31 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 89% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.