Bralyn

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #9,680 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 61.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2011 · 50 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
531
since 1996

Bralyn over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #5,247, 2010peak #2,478, 2011girlsboys
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#9,8947
2023#10,8216
2022#9,68010#7,76810
2021#12,2067#6,03214
2020#12,1427#5,45116
2019#10,4739#6,77712
2018#10,5459#6,34513
2017#10,6899#6,68512
2016#6,66318#5,31817
2015#9,48111#3,77528
2014#8,48513#3,03837
2013#7,74815#4,31322
2012#9,71111#3,37132
2011#7,78315#2,47850
2010#5,24726#3,18135
2009#5,70924#2,94640
2008#5,27927#3,22135
2007#6,81219#4,12724
2006#6,84018#3,78226
2005#10,12810#5,57814
2004#6,76817#4,26420
2003#10,4259#7,8318
2002#8,83711#7,6438
2001#7,72413#6,01311
2000#9,8749#6,31610
1999#9,9125
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five boys were named Bralyn! It came in at #5,982, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1997–1999, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bralyn
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,215 spots since 2024 (#9,894#7,679)
  • 2,228 spots since 2020 (#5,451#7,679)
  • 3,904 spots since 2015 (#3,775#7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2011 at #2,478 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,985
  • Highest: 1 in 37,985 boys born in 2011 were named Bralyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 48.6% of all boys named Bralyn (258) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s14#5,982 (1996)#7,947
2000s196#2,946 (2009)#5,172
2010s258#2,478 (2011)#4,528
2020s63#5,451 (2020)#7,941

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

Bralyn in 1996

girls
#13,518
5 births · 1 in 350,601 girls
boys
#5,982
9 births · 1 in 210,478 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #13,518Bralyn5

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #5,982Bralyn9
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 350,601 of them was named Bralyn, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bralyn
  1. #11,807Zorria6
  2. #11,807Zurisadai6
  3. #11,807Zuzanna6
  4. #13,518Bralyn5
  5. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  6. #13,518Abbiegail5
  7. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 2,376 names at #13,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 210,478 of them was named Bralyn, which outranked 43.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bralyn
  1. #5,535Zedekiah10
  2. #5,535Ziaire10
  3. #5,535Zubin10
  4. #5,982Bralyn9
  5. #5,982Aadil9
  6. #5,982Aarion9
  7. #5,982Abdias9
  8. #6,496Abdel8
  9. #6,496Abdulmalik8
  10. #6,496Abhiram8

Tied with 513 names at #5,982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996