Brave comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Fearless, courageous and bold..
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How popular is Brave?
2022peak year
Today, Brave is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3300), with only about 54 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 54 babies were given the name (ranked #2521 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Brave has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 619 babies have been registered as Brave since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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