Brave

Popularity Trends

The name Brave is the #7,165 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 574 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 7.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,153 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 433 births since 2008. For girls, it ranks #5,575 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 141 births since 2015.

Brave first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for boys and 2015 for girls).

The name Brave has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 76.5% of babies named Brave were boys.

For boys, Brave reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #875) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Brave is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #864 (5.2% percentile) with 28 births per million.

For girls, Brave reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #938) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Brave ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 65.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brave".

2008 2023 20082023

Key Statistics

Total Births

141

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

2015

Peak Percentile

2.1%

Current Percentile

1.2%

Peak Rank

#938

Current Rank

#936

Female statistics

Total Births

433

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

2008

Peak Percentile

5.3%

Current Percentile

5.2%

Peak Rank

#875

Current Rank

#864

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Brave", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Brave.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Brave's popularity from 2005 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Brave at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Brave range from Milani at 99.1% correlation to Freya at 98.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 98.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Freya with 16.2K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Azarah with 255 births (100% girls).

Brave's share of births peaked at 42.8 births per million in 2022 (13.9 for girls in 2022 and 28.8 for boys in 2022). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (6% of peak) in 2011. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Brave had 37.5 births per million, 88% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Milani

9,437

99.10% (very strong)

Aalani

268

99.06% (very strong)

Kaius

1,605

99.00% (very strong)

Lukah

706

98.97% (very strong)

Amaira

884

98.83% (very strong)

Azarah

255

98.77% (very strong)

Ryatt

1,937

98.73% (very strong)

Brixton

4,028

98.72% (very strong)

Rumi

1,180

98.72% (very strong)

Huxley

4,455

98.69% (very strong)

Zeppelin

1,496

98.67% (very strong)

Freya

16.2k

98.67% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Brave

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Brave. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Brave is pronounced as brayv, which has 1 syllables.

brayv

100.0%

brayv (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B R EY1 V

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B R EY1 V) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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