Braiden is one of several spellings of Braden, an Irish surname from Ó Bradáin that means "descendant of Bradán", a byname for "salmon". The -aiden ending tied it to the huge Aiden and Jayden trend of the 2000s. In the United States Braiden peaked at number 468 in 2010, left the top 1000 in 2017 and has dropped to number 2842 in 2025.