Bracken comes from the English tradition, meaning Fern plant.
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How popular is Bracken?
1998peak year
Bracken has been losing ground. Once far more common, it has been declining steadily in recent years. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #8776), with about 10 babies named Bracken each year. In 1998, 31 babies received the name (ranked #2657). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 610.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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