Braylon
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #848 for boys in 2025, 289 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 1,695 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,796since 1981
Braylon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Braylon has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #14,942 | 5 | #848 | 289 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #732 | 359 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #634 | 437 |
| 2022 | — | #582 | 491 | |
| 2021 | — | #479 | 624 | |
| 2020 | — | #537 | 526 | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #613 | 446 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #554 | 499 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #474 | 629 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #425 | 738 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #392 | 813 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #377 | 833 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #317 | 1,049 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #278 | 1,253 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #234 | 1,532 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #237 | 1,473 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #218 | 1,695 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #254 | 1,388 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #376 | 818 |
| 2006 | — | #400 | 753 | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #360 | 818 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #705 | 272 |
| 2003 | — | #1,012 | 156 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,184 | 118 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,472 | 83 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,314 | 98 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,488 | 74 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,550 | 66 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,736 | 51 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,050 | 39 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five boys were named Braylon! It came in at #4,509, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Braylon 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
- West Virginia#227 · 1 in 770
- Mississippi#312 · 1 in 1,084
- Alabama#360 · 1 in 1,435
- Louisiana#426 · 1 in 1,739
- Tennessee#477 · 1 in 2,298
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #227 | 8 | 1 in 770 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 10 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Alabama | #360 | 15 | 1 in 1,435 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 16 | 1 in 2,298 |
| Georgia | #499 | 21 | 1 in 2,391 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Maryland | #516 | 9 | 1 in 2,544 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Ohio | #541 | 19 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Virginia | #563 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Florida | #809 | 18 | 1 in 5,307 |
| Texas | #828 | 32 | 1 in 5,470 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| California | #1,582 | 10 | 1 in 17,547 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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 Braylon
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 311 spots since 2020 (#537 → #848)
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2009 at #218 (1,695 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,170
- Highest: 1 in 1,170 boys born in 2009 were named Braylon (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,910 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 49.3% of all boys named Braylon (9,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94 | #2,509 (1988) | #4,695 |
| 1990s | 512 | #1,457 (1999) | #1,855 |
| 2000s | 6,199 | #218 (2009) | #730 |
| 2010s | 9,265 | #234 (2011) | #390 |
| 2020s | 2,726 | #479 (2021) | #635 |
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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