Brayson

Where Brayson comes from

The dictionaries list Brayson as a given name — a male given name of modern usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1994
    First appearance
    #5,868 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2017
    Peak, #955
    218 babies named Brayson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,999.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of modern usage.
Namesakes

No widely known Brayson turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.