Brayton

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,278
1996 · 86 births
Debut · boys
1916
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,506
since 1916

Brayton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Brayton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,278, 1996boys
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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—#3,94927
2024—#4,32124
2023—#4,11226
2022—#2,51754
2021—#2,69547
2020—#2,50551
2019—#2,49153
2018—#2,50751
2017—#2,41753
2016—#2,08667
2015—#1,82681
2014—#1,576100
2013—#1,73384
2012—#1,514106
2011—#1,71986
2010—#1,67792
2009—#1,77485
2008—#1,87477
2007—#1,76084
2006#15,1526#1,91970
2005—#1,52593
2004—#1,73173
2003—#1,52984
2002—#1,52981
2001#15,3525#1,56477
2000—#1,40888
1999—#1,50375
1998—#1,53670
1997—#1,31087
1996#11,8076#1,27886
1995—#1,70652
1994#13,4305#1,89444
1993—#2,20935
1992—#2,90923
1991—#2,98921
1990—#3,05820
1989—#3,20518
1988—#3,35015
1987—#3,52113
1986—#3,44013
1985—#4,05210
1984—#4,5528
1983—#3,23013
1982—#3,96610
1981—#3,03014
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Brayton! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Brayton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 372 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #3,949)
  • 1,444 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #3,949)
  • 2,123 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #3,949)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1996 at #1,278 (86 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 27 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 17,896
  • Highest: 1 in 17,896 boys born in 2012 were named Brayton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,278 in 1996, was only 1 in 22,027 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.4% of all boys named Brayton (812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#3,897 (1916)#4,081
1920s14#2,986 (1921)#3,613
1930s0——
1940s5#3,430 (1944)#3,430
1950s6#3,329 (1950)#3,329
1960s12#3,356 (1961)#3,746
1970s13#3,521 (1970)#4,647
1980s114#3,030 (1981)#3,594
1990s513#1,278 (1996)#2,039
2000s812#1,408 (2000)#1,661
2010s773#1,514 (2012)#1,955
2020s229#2,505 (2020)#3,350

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.

Brayton in 2006

girls
#15,152
6 births · 1 in 316,868 girls
boys
#1,919
70 births · 1 in 29,361 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #15,152Brayton6

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #1,919Brayton70
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 316,868 of them was named Brayton, which outranked 24.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brayton
  1. #13,606Zunaira7
  2. #13,606Zuriah7
  3. #13,606Zyanah7
  4. #15,152Brayton6
  5. #15,152Aaisha6
  6. #15,152Aalivia6
  7. #15,152Aaliyan6
  8. #17,168Aadi5
  9. #17,168Aailyah5
  10. #17,168Aalanah5

Tied with 2,015 names at #15,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 29,361 of them was named Brayton, which outranked 86.3% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brayton
  1. #1,893Rodrick71
  2. #1,893Shelby71
  3. #1,893Tahj71
  4. #1,919Brayton70
  5. #1,919Anirudh70
  6. #1,919Blane70
  7. #1,919Brayson70
  8. #1,943Aadi69
  9. #1,943Aayush69
  10. #1,943Ahmir69

Tied with 23 names at #1,919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →