Brylan

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 94.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 93 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,243
since 1994

Brylan over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #1,657, 2012girlsat peakboys
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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#5,60816
2024#3,45533
2023#4,11226
2022#3,77429
2021#3,07439
2020#3,20235
2019#2,76645
2018#2,74844
2017#2,67246
2016#2,22860
2015#16,4195#2,13265
2014#16,5135#2,04469
2013#16,5475#1,96470
2012#9,10912#1,65793
2011#11,1819#1,66690
2010#16,9925#1,94072
2009#17,2945#2,48651
2008#9,47612#2,16162
2007#11,6309#2,76543
2006#3,30632
2005#16,4625#2,90236
2004#16,0995#2,78837
2003#3,28028
2002#3,55424
2001#3,41025
2000#4,06619
1999#6,5309
1998#4,87313
1997#5,28811
1996#9,0155
1995#5,9289
1994#6,9687
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five boys were named Brylan! It came in at #6,968, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Brylan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,153 spots since 2024 (#3,455#5,608)
  • 2,406 spots since 2020 (#3,202#5,608)
  • 3,476 spots since 2015 (#2,132#5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,657 (93 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 5 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 20,397
  • Highest: 1 in 20,397 boys born in 2012 were named Brylan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 52.6% of all boys named Brylan (654) 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
1990s54#4,873 (1998)#6,434
2000s357#2,161 (2008)#3,072
2010s654#1,657 (2012)#2,182
2020s178#3,074 (2021)#3,871

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.

Brylan in 2008

girls
#9,476
12 births · 1 in 157,578 girls
boys
#2,161
62 births · 1 in 32,906 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #9,476Brylan12

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #2,161Brylan62
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 157,578 of them was named Brylan, which outranked 53.7% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brylan
  1. #8,965Zuriah13
  2. #8,965Zyairah13
  3. #8,965Zynia13
  4. #9,476Brylan12
  5. #9,476Aamna12
  6. #9,476Aamya12
  7. #9,476Aarionna12
  8. #10,084Aamani11
  9. #10,084Aashrita11
  10. #10,084Aashvi11

Tied with 607 names at #9,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 9,375Dayami#10,129#754
  2. 4,524Allisson#4,944#420
  3. 1,019Alisson#1,804#785
  4. 851Milagros#1,579#728
  5. 807Mareli#1,530#723
Fallers
  1. 391Kelis#968#1,359
  2. 390Joselin#755#1,145
  3. 378Tyra#947#1,325
  4. 363Montana#932#1,295
  5. 337Allyssa#988#1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 32,906 of them was named Brylan, which outranked 85.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brylan
  1. #2,140Tayton63
  2. #2,140Tremayne63
  3. #2,140Tymir63
  4. #2,161Brylan62
  5. #2,161Axton62
  6. #2,161Brannon62
  7. #2,161Bryden62
  8. #2,186Alain61
  9. #2,186Andon61
  10. #2,186Avian61

Tied with 24 names at #2,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 2,801Urijah#3,687#886
  2. 1,035Jadiel#1,912#877
  3. 790Aaden#1,132#342
  4. 676Chace#1,337#661
  5. 500Marley#1,263#763
Fallers
  1. 688Kelan#977#1,665
  2. 286Talen#990#1,276
  3. 281Nery#901#1,182
  4. 250Kellan#883#1,133
  5. 250Efren#977#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008