Brailey

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,356
2012 · 79 births
Debut · girls
1994
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,176
since 1994

Brailey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Brailey has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #2,356, 2012girls
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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#8,36212—
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2023#5,12625—
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2021#5,09125—
2020#4,54829—
2019#3,49944—
2018#3,05053—
2017#3,47944—
2016#3,32648—
2015#3,21151—
2014#3,04155—
2013#2,59768—
2012#2,35679—
2011#2,43475—
2010#2,84161—
2009#2,46577—
2008#3,01757—
2007#3,28951—
2006#3,66942—
2005#3,73039—
2004#4,38731—
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2001#5,36421—
2000#6,20817#10,3495
1999#5,89617—
1998#7,10413—
1997#9,0179—
1996#7,57411—
1995#11,7836—
1994#8,12210—
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Brailey! It came in at #8,122, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Brailey is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,307 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,994 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brailey, so not publishedHITexas: #1,710 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,302 girlsTXFlorida: #1,999 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,917 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#1,307 · 1 in 7,994
  2. Texas#1,710 · 1 in 13,302
  3. Florida#1,999 · 1 in 15,917

Best ever in a state: #462 in Oklahoma, 2009.

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Georgia#1,30761 in 7,994
Texas#1,710121 in 13,302
Florida#1,99951 in 15,917
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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 Brailey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,720 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #8,362)
  • 3,814 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #8,362)
  • 5,151 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2012 at #2,356 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 8 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 22,292
  • Highest: 1 in 22,292 girls born in 2012 were named Brailey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 49.1% of all girls named Brailey (578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s66#5,896 (1999)#8,249
2000s400#2,465 (2009)#4,026
2010s578#2,356 (2012)#2,983
2020s132#4,548 (2020)#5,846

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.

Brailey in 2010

girls
#2,841
61 births · 1 in 29,141 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #2,841Brailey61
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 29,141 of them was named Brailey, which outranked 85.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brailey
  1. #2,803Tyana62
  2. #2,803Viridiana62
  3. #2,803Zipporah62
  4. #2,841Brailey61
  5. #2,841Angelika61
  6. #2,841Ayari61
  7. #2,841Ayvah61
  8. #2,870Aleeza60
  9. #2,870Ariannah60
  10. #2,870Chantal60

Tied with 28 names at #2,841; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →