Braelyn

#1,080 for girls in 2025, 224 births · #3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births
Given to girls 89.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
2011 · 735 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,972
since 1991

Braelyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #426, 2011peak #1,525, 2010girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,080224#3,08939
2024#1,070232#3,04540
2023#912291#2,51053
2022#869319#2,15068
2021#750380#2,22563
2020#687414#2,06968
2019#639458#2,46454
2018#644460#2,38555
2017#469664#2,15463
2016#484645#2,18462
2015#470680#1,85379
2014#452711#1,92075
2013#496604#1,98969
2012#448699#1,68790
2011#426735#1,66690
2010#458673#1,525106
2009#486634#1,78984
2008#567543#2,58348
2007#813353#2,64346
2006#858311#3,30632
2005#1,191192#3,94123
2004#1,294165#4,26420
2003#1,97092
2002#2,04684#7,6438
2001#1,700106
2000#2,23670#8,2097
1999#2,43859
1998#3,11640
1997#4,50823
1996#4,58322
1995#4,21724
1994#5,01619
1993#5,95515
1992#5,26718
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five girls were named Braelyn! It came in at #6,588, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1994, when fewer than 20 girls a year got the name.

Where Braelyn is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #536 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsMNIllinois: #824 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,461 girlsILWisconsin: #331 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,391 girlsWIMichigan: #337 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsMINew York: #1,111 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,668 girlsNYMassachusetts: #657 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,515 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: #628 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,799 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #179 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 510 girlsSDIowa: #365 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsIAIndiana: #463 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,981 girlsINOhio: #468 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,126 girlsOHPennsylvania: #459 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,184 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,185 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,413 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 10,526 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedUTColorado: #511 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,227 girlsCONebraska: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,249 girlsNEMissouri: #519 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,408 girlsMOKentucky: #325 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #494 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsVAMaryland: #630 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,919 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #755 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,674 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: #283 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsARTennessee: #552 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #491 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,250 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #327 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,263 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #579 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: #510 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,079 girlsALGeorgia: #619 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,891 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Braelyn, so not publishedHITexas: #851 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,674 girlsTXFlorida: #572 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,745 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#179 · 1 in 510
  2. Arkansas#283 · 1 in 1,001
  3. Kentucky#325 · 1 in 1,267
  4. South Carolina#327 · 1 in 1,263
  5. Wisconsin#331 · 1 in 1,391

Best ever in a state: #120 in South Dakota, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#17961 in 510
Arkansas#283111 in 1,001
Kentucky#325141 in 1,267
South Carolina#327141 in 1,263
Wisconsin#331161 in 1,391
Michigan#337281 in 1,437
Nebraska#35761 in 1,249
Iowa#36591 in 1,364
Pennsylvania#459241 in 2,096
Indiana#463151 in 1,981
Ohio#468241 in 2,126
North Carolina#491201 in 2,250
Virginia#494161 in 2,247
Alabama#51091 in 2,079
Colorado#511101 in 2,227
Missouri#519111 in 2,408
Minnesota#536101 in 2,349
Tennessee#552131 in 2,398
Florida#572311 in 2,745
Louisiana#57981 in 2,448
Georgia#619161 in 2,891
Oregon#62851 in 2,799
Maryland#63081 in 2,919
Massachusetts#65771 in 3,515
Arizona#75581 in 3,674
Illinois#824121 in 4,461
Texas#851341 in 4,674
New York#1,111131 in 6,668
New Jersey#1,18451 in 7,185
California#1,413181 in 10,526
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Braelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,070#1,080)
  • 393 spots since 2020 (#687#1,080)
  • 610 spots since 2015 (#470#1,080)
  • Biggest jump: 333 spots in 2006 (#1,191#858)
  • Biggest drop: 175 spots in 2018 (#469#644)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2011 at #426 (735 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2006–2023
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,393
  • Highest: 1 in 2,393 girls born in 2011 were named Braelyn (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,175 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 57.7% of all girls named Braelyn (6,329) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s233#2,438 (1999)#4,632
2000s2,550#486 (2009)#1,316
2010s6,329#426 (2011)#499
2020s1,860#687 (2020)#895

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Braelyn in 2018

girls
#644
460 births · 1 in 3,698 girls
boys
#2,385
55 births · 1 in 33,021 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #644Braelyn460

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #2,385Braelyn55
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 3,698 of them was named Braelyn, which outranked 96.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braelyn
  1. #641Ivory464
  2. #642Aleena463
  3. #643Nola461
  4. #644Braelyn460
  5. #644Pearl460
  6. #646Leyla459
  7. #646Roselyn459
  8. #648Addyson458

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 33,021 of them was named Braelyn, which outranked 83.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Braelyn
  1. #2,355Tyron56
  2. #2,355Zac56
  3. #2,355Zyir56
  4. #2,385Braelyn55
  5. #2,385Abhinav55
  6. #2,385Abiel55
  7. #2,385Arhaan55
  8. #2,417Aaiden54
  9. #2,417Abbott54
  10. #2,417Brad54

Tied with 31 names at #2,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 594Genesis#1,575#981
  2. 436Baker#1,149#713
  3. 430Saint#1,287#857
  4. 319Kairo#802#483
  5. 307Watson#1,020#713
Fallers
  1. 235Aaden#893#1,128
  2. 224Dilan#917#1,141
  3. 201Craig#980#1,181
  4. 177Mike#951#1,128
  5. 172Harper#798#970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018