Bracken are several species of ferns, including:

• Pteridium esculentum, also called aruhe in New Zealand.

Bracken may also refer to:

• Bracken (band), UK, Leeds experimental post-rock band founded by Chris Adams
• Bracken (TV series), Irish television soap opera

• Bracken, Indiana, a small town in the United States
• Bracken County, Kentucky
• Bracken, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Bracken, Saskatchewan
• Bracken Library
• Bracken Health Sciences Library
• Bracken Cave

• Alexandra Bracken
• Bob Bracken
• Brendan Bracken
• Don Bracken
• Eddie Bracken
• Haley Bracken, Australian model and television personality
• Jack Bracken
• James C. Bracken, songwriter and the co-founder and co-owner of Vee-Jay Records
• James E. Bracken American racehorse trainer
• John Bracken
• Josephine Bracken
• Kate Bracken
• Kyran Bracken
• Nathan Bracken
• Paul Bracken
• Peg Bracken
• Peter Bracken
• Raymond Bracken
• Thomas Bracken
• William Bracken