Braelynn
- #837 for girls in 2025, 325 births
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to girls 97.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 806 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,829since 1989
Braelynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Braelynn has never cracked the top 300 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #837 | 325 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #810 | 347 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #666 | 443 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #573 | 522 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #470 | 663 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #445 | 694 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #457 | 681 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #396 | 778 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #389 | 806 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #411 | 809 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #466 | 686 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #564 | 543 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #628 | 446 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #602 | 475 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #708 | 393 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #892 | 297 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #1,032 | 252 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #1,313 | 189 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #1,655 | 134 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,267 | 84 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five girls were named Braelynn! It came in at #12,362, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Braelynn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Montana#208 · 1 in 565
- Wisconsin#274 · 1 in 1,066
- Mississippi#384 · 1 in 1,271
- Iowa#492 · 1 in 1,962
- Kansas#497 · 1 in 1,968
Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #208 | 5 | 1 in 565 |
| Wisconsin | #274 | 19 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Iowa | #492 | 6 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Missouri | #516 | 11 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Alabama | #520 | 9 | 1 in 2,035 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,119 |
| North Carolina | #560 | 19 | 1 in 2,446 |
| Pennsylvania | #615 | 16 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Ohio | #743 | 12 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| Georgia | #796 | 12 | 1 in 3,767 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
| Florida | #959 | 16 | 1 in 5,423 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Texas | #1,224 | 21 | 1 in 7,645 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
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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 Braelynn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 392 spots since 2020 (#445 → #837)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 144 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2017 at #389 (806 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,142
- Highest: 1 in 2,142 girls born in 2017 were named Braelynn (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,945 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 60.2% of all girls named Braelynn (5,914) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 48 | #5,661 (1999) | #9,528 |
| 2000s | 868 | #1,032 (2009) | #3,191 |
| 2010s | 5,914 | #389 (2017) | #551 |
| 2020s | 2,994 | #445 (2020) | #634 |
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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