Brayan

Where Brayan comes from

Brayan hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1979
    First appearance
    #6,056 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Brayan Beckeles born
    Honduran footballer
  3. 1993
    Brayan Perea born
    Colombian footballer
  4. 2006
    Peak, #294
    1,151 babies named Brayan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #501.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Brayan Perea · Colombian footballer, born 1993
  • Brayan Beckeles · Honduran footballer, born 1985
  • Brayan Angulo · Colombian footballer, born 1989
  • Brayan Cortés · Chilean association football player, born 1995
  • Brayan García · Honduran association football player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.