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Braelyn

#1,080 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Braelyn has been given to 12,314 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #1,080 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 735 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Braelyn, 2025

1 in 14,800

Braelyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Braelyn over time

In 2025, Braelyn went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Braelyn: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Braelyn means

Braelyn is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Braelyn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Braelyn is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,972 girls were recorded with the name Braelyn between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 735 in 2011; its best national rank was #426 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #687 in 2020 to #1,080 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #472 in 2015 to #1,080 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,342 boys were recorded with the name Braelyn between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 106 in 2010; its best national rank was #1,525 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,071 in 2020 to #3,093 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,854 in 2015 to #3,093 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Braelyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,800
224 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 7,170
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,080
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,260 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Braelyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,260 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Braelyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Braelyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Braelyn was born before 2013 — so the typical Braelyn is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
57.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,972
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 57.7% of all recorded uses (6,329).

Is Braelyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−10
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−393
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−608
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.33×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
30.5%
Peak was 2011 (735)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#426
2011

Spellings of Braelyn

Braelyn is not the most common spelling — Raelynn is, with 23.5% against Braelyn's 7.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Braelyn is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Braelyn was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 1,282 girls, against 1 in 3,643 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in 11,111).

978 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 1,282
  2. 2Iowa1 in 1,613
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 1,639
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 1,818
  5. 5Alaska1 in 1,923
  6. 6Maryland1 in 2,083
  7. 7Missouri1 in 2,083
  8. 8Indiana1 in 2,381

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Braelyn is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 40% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Braelyn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Braelyn was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 36,169 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 11,111
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 12,500
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 16,667
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 25,000
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Virginia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Florida1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Braelyn around the world

Where Braelyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2018
    #3,518
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Braelyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,080
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 393
Best rank ever
#426
2011
Peak year
2011
735 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,972
Count in 2025
224

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,093
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,022
Best rank ever
#1,525
2010
Peak year
2010
106 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,342
Count in 2025
39

Names similar to Braelyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Braelyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Braelyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Braelyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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