Brayson

#2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births

Peak · boys
2017 · 218 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,161
since 1994

Brayson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Brayson has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #955, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,39057
2024#1,79591
2023#1,99976
2022#1,540116
2021#1,280148
2020#1,215155
2019#1,066191
2018#1,059191
2017#955218
2016#963214
2015#1,057188
2014#981213
2013#1,075174
2012#1,052181
2011#1,071175
2010#1,183152
2009#1,497111
2008#1,70889
2007#1,95172
2006#1,91970
2005#1,77274
2004#2,53143
2003#2,99332
2002#3,09529
2001#4,12119
2000#4,06619
1999#4,76214
1998#5,46611
1997#3,87717
1996#7,9716
1995#7,7926
1994#5,8689
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five boys were named Brayson! It came in at #5,868, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Brayson is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,945 boysILWisconsin: #676 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,289 boysWIMichigan: #742 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,099 boysMINew York: #1,127 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,574 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedSDIowa: #493 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,394 boysIAIndiana: #487 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,613 boysINOhio: #988 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,187 boysOHPennsylvania: #780 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,363 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #858 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,069 boysMOKentucky: #565 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,489 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedARTennessee: #699 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,438 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,032 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #620 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,264 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedALGeorgia: #931 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,524 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Brayson, so not publishedHITexas: #1,115 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 10,287 boysTXFlorida: #1,104 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,584 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#487 · 1 in 2,613
  2. Iowa#493 · 1 in 2,394
  3. Kentucky#565 · 1 in 3,489
  4. Louisiana#620 · 1 in 3,264
  5. Wisconsin#676 · 1 in 4,289

Best ever in a state: #308 in Kentucky, 2012.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#487131 in 2,613
Iowa#49361 in 2,394
Kentucky#56561 in 3,489
Louisiana#62071 in 3,264
Wisconsin#67661 in 4,289
Tennessee#69981 in 4,438
Michigan#74291 in 5,099
Pennsylvania#78091 in 6,363
Missouri#85851 in 6,069
Georgia#93181 in 6,524
Ohio#98871 in 8,187
Florida#1,104101 in 9,584
Texas#1,115171 in 10,287
New York#1,127101 in 9,574
North Carolina#1,13951 in 10,032
Illinois#1,18061 in 9,945
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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 Brayson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 595 spots since 2024 (#1,795 → #2,390)
  • 1,175 spots since 2020 (#1,215 → #2,390)
  • 1,333 spots since 2015 (#1,057 → #2,390)
  • Biggest jump: 94 spots in 2014 (#1,075 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 104 spots in 2018 (#955 → #1,059)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2017 at #955 (218 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2016–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,491
  • Highest: 1 in 8,491 boys born in 2017 were named Brayson (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 60.0% of all boys named Brayson (1,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s63#3,877 (1997)#5,956
2000s558#1,497 (2009)#2,565
2010s1,897#955 (2017)#1,046
2020s643#1,215 (2020)#1,703

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.

Brayson in 2018

boys
#1,059
191 births · 1 in 9,509 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,059Brayson191
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 9,509 of them was named Brayson, which outranked 92.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brayson
  1. #1,056Agustin192
  2. #1,056Dominique192
  3. #1,056Evander192
  4. #1,059Brayson191
  5. #1,059Antoine191
  6. #1,059Hakeem191
  7. #1,059Linkin191
  8. #1,064Kooper190
  9. #1,064Meir190
  10. #1,064Menachem190

Tied with 4 names at #1,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →