Brayan
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294 · #768 for boys in 2025, 334 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 1,151 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,540since 1979
Brayan over time
Rank among boys' names. Brayan has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #768 | 334 | |
| 2024 | — | #718 | 369 | |
| 2023 | — | #851 | 284 | |
| 2022 | — | #782 | 323 | |
| 2021 | — | #910 | 252 | |
| 2020 | — | #858 | 265 | |
| 2019 | — | #834 | 270 | |
| 2018 | — | #824 | 271 | |
| 2017 | — | #705 | 347 | |
| 2016 | — | #641 | 415 | |
| 2015 | — | #596 | 462 | |
| 2014 | — | #552 | 498 | |
| 2013 | — | #510 | 525 | |
| 2012 | — | #501 | 531 | |
| 2011 | — | #428 | 638 | |
| 2010 | — | #370 | 788 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #352 | 887 |
| 2008 | — | #331 | 993 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #310 | 1,061 |
| 2006 | — | #294 | 1,151 | |
| 2005 | — | #326 | 978 | |
| 2004 | — | #336 | 891 | |
| 2003 | — | #347 | 806 | |
| 2002 | — | #355 | 761 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #447 | 541 |
| 2000 | — | #486 | 480 | |
| 1999 | — | #624 | 290 | |
| 1998 | — | #688 | 244 | |
| 1997 | — | #799 | 183 | |
| 1996 | — | #844 | 166 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,062 | 112 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,244 | 87 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,510 | 59 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,368 | 68 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,615 | 51 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brayan! It came in at #6,056, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brayan is popular in 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#114 · 1 in 410
- Nevada#131 · 1 in 485
- Arizona#156 · 1 in 604
- New Mexico#163 · 1 in 637
- Georgia#218 · 1 in 1,051
Best ever in a state: #114 in Delaware, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #114 | 10 | 1 in 410 |
| Nevada | #131 | 33 | 1 in 485 |
| Arizona | #156 | 75 | 1 in 604 |
| New Mexico | #163 | 18 | 1 in 637 |
| Georgia | #218 | 60 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Oklahoma | #221 | 23 | 1 in 947 |
| California | #225 | 222 | 1 in 1,178 |
| Texas | #241 | 152 | 1 in 1,252 |
| Colorado | #252 | 27 | 1 in 1,113 |
| New Jersey | #261 | 30 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Florida | #265 | 70 | 1 in 1,488 |
| North Carolina | #296 | 34 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Virginia | #296 | 25 | 1 in 1,772 |
| Illinois | #306 | 45 | 1 in 1,717 |
| South Carolina | #309 | 14 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Tennessee | #338 | 20 | 1 in 1,931 |
| New York | #345 | 49 | 1 in 2,261 |
| Washington | #359 | 19 | 1 in 1,955 |
| Kentucky | #363 | 10 | 1 in 2,415 |
| Alabama | #385 | 12 | 1 in 2,089 |
| Maryland | #388 | 13 | 1 in 2,316 |
| Indiana | #404 | 15 | 1 in 2,612 |
| Oregon | #435 | 8 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Wisconsin | #469 | 9 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Arkansas | #540 | 5 | 1 in 3,169 |
| Minnesota | #558 | 7 | 1 in 4,341 |
| Massachusetts | #590 | 6 | 1 in 5,471 |
| Pennsylvania | #798 | 8 | 1 in 8,083 |
| Michigan | #943 | 6 | 1 in 8,903 |
| Ohio | #1,130 | 5 | 1 in 13,152 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Brayan
- 50 spots since 2024 (#718 → #768)
- 90 spots since 2020 (#858 → #768)
- 172 spots since 2015 (#596 → #768)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1996 (#1,062 → #844)
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 2018 (#705 → #824)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2006 at #294 (1,151 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,786 boys born in 2006 were named Brayan (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,114 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 51.7% of all boys named Brayan (8,549) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 92 | #2,469 (1989) | #3,904 |
| 1990s | 1,322 | #624 (1999) | #1,125 |
| 2000s | 8,549 | #294 (2006) | #358 |
| 2010s | 4,745 | #370 (2010) | #596 |
| 2020s | 1,827 | #718 (2024) | #815 |
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.
Brayan in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 274,660 of them was named Brayan, which outranked 32.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,676Zurie8
- #12,676Zykirah8
- #12,676Zylah8
- #13,924Brayan7
- #13,924Aairah7
- #13,924Aaleeyah7
- #13,924Aamyah7
- #15,491Aahliyah6
- #15,491Aalaya6
- #15,491Aalaysia6
Tied with 1,566 names at #13,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 1,956 of them was named Brayan, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.