Brais

Boys' name

English equivalent of Blaise

Brais has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 2015. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Brais, 2017

1 in 715,000

Brais over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brais: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Blaise

Latin

What Brais means

Brais is a English equivalent of Blaise.

Origin, language, and formation

Brais is used in Galician. Its origins include Latin.

Brais comes through Latin Blasius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Blaise.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 boys were recorded with the name Brais between 2015 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2015; its best national rank was #9,697 in 2015.

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 Brais?

Brais had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Brais sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brais. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Braiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brais was born before 2016 — so the typical Brais is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Brais 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2015 (7)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,697; 2015

Spellings of Brais

Brais is not the most common spelling — Travis is, with 34.8% against Brais's <0.01%.

Travis34.8%308,571
Craig33.8%299,616
Brady10.9%96,770
Brad9.4%83,060
Blair1.7%15,009
Kris1.6%14,400
Brant1.1%9,569
Blaise0.99%8,768

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.

Brais by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,697; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 7 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Brais

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

Braum Brann Brander Bravo Braxx Brage Brasi Branly Brazil Brahms Bravin Matais Braham Makais Bracey Braley Bracyn Braxen Brahin Branco Bravyn Ozais Bradee Uwais

Sibling names for Brais

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

For a sister

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Karleigh

For a brother

Caesar Taj Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav

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