Braylynn

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 89.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,757
2014 · 118 births
Debut · girls
1997
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,632
since 1997

Braylynn over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,757, 2014peak #5,289, 2015girlsboys
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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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2025#2,77861#10,6956
2024#4,03936#8,3129
2023#2,46672#10,8216
2022#2,44574#9,8237
2021#1,871106#8,1669
2020#2,19682#5,69915
2019#1,99996#8,8898
2018#2,05994#9,6707
2017#1,779117#6,06014
2016#1,828113#6,72612
2015#1,894107#5,28917
2014#1,757118#5,48516
2013#1,99098#9,6557
2012#2,16087#6,30613
2011#2,19086#6,25613
2010#2,93858#6,03614
2009#2,85261#10,9946
2008#4,17937#12,5535
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five girls were named Braylynn! It came in at #13,724, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1997–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Braylynn is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedHITexas: #3,285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,108 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Braylynn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747
  2. Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108

Best ever in a state: #522 in Missouri, 2015.

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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 Braylynn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,261 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #2,778)
  • 582 spots since 2020 (#2,196 → #2,778)
  • 884 spots since 2015 (#1,894 → #2,778)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,757 (118 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,756
  • Highest: 1 in 14,756 girls born in 2017 were named Braylynn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,757 in 2014, was only 1 in 15,139 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 59.7% of all girls named Braylynn (974) 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
1990s5#13,724 (1997)#13,724
2000s222#2,852 (2009)#6,742
2010s974#1,757 (2014)#2,059
2020s431#1,871 (2021)#2,633

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.

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