Braylen
- #4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births
- #725 for boys in 2025, 366 births
- Given to boys 94.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 1,011 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,251since 1991
Braylen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #4,546 | 30 | #725 | 366 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #665 | 412 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | #575 | 509 |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | #545 | 543 |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | #463 | 646 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | #501 | 582 |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | #500 | 571 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #466 | 622 |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | #430 | 719 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #438 | 703 |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | #414 | 753 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | #407 | 759 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #361 | 871 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #327 | 965 |
| 2011 | #3,603 | 43 | #316 | 1,011 |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 | #368 | 798 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #412 | 714 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 | #573 | 449 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #696 | 337 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #763 | 276 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #834 | 222 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #1,359 | 107 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #1,974 | 56 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #2,520 | 38 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1991
The first year at least five boys were named Braylen! It came in at #8,236, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Braylen 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 · boys
- Mississippi#239 · 1 in 834
- Alabama#274 · 1 in 1,076
- Louisiana#337 · 1 in 1,275
- Maryland#344 · 1 in 1,526
- Georgia#375 · 1 in 1,620
Best ever in a state: #70 in Mississippi, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #239 | 13 | 1 in 834 |
| Alabama | #274 | 20 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 15 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Maryland | #344 | 15 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Georgia | #375 | 31 | 1 in 1,620 |
| South Carolina | #385 | 13 | 1 in 1,631 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 24 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Ohio | #455 | 23 | 1 in 2,284 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Florida | #649 | 25 | 1 in 3,821 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Texas | #789 | 34 | 1 in 5,149 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| California | #1,197 | 16 | 1 in 10,967 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
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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 Braylen
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 224 spots since 2020 (#501 → #725)
- Biggest jump: 525 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 90 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2011 at #316 (1,011 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,879
- Highest: 1 in 1,879 boys born in 2011 were named Braylen (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,667 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 58.7% of all boys named Braylen (7,772) 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 | 127 | #2,722 (1999) | #5,069 |
| 2000s | 2,294 | #412 (2009) | #1,354 |
| 2010s | 7,772 | #316 (2011) | #403 |
| 2020s | 3,058 | #463 (2021) | #579 |
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.
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