Brailyn
- #5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to girls 73.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 73 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,081since 1995
Brailyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #3,014 | 54 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #2,734 | 64 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1995
The first year at least five girls were named Brailyn! It came in at #13,386, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Brailyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Brailyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brailyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,076 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #5,917)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2014 at #2,469 (73 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 4 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 24,471
- Highest: 1 in 24,471 girls born in 2014 were named Brailyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 52.2% of all girls named Brailyn (564) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41 | #8,132 (1996) | #10,214 |
| 2000s | 312 | #2,718 (2008) | #5,055 |
| 2010s | 564 | #2,469 (2014) | #3,078 |
| 2020s | 164 | #3,841 (2020) | #4,928 |
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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