Braylon

Where Braylon comes from

Modern American coinage.
— Wiktionary's entry for Braylon
Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #4,509 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Braylon Edwards born
    American football player
  3. 2009
    Peak, #218
    1,695 babies named Braylon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #377.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Braylen.
Namesakes
  • Braylon Edwards · American football player, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.