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Braylen

#725 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Braylon

Braylen has been given to 14,058 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #725 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 1,011 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Braylen, 2025

1 in 9,060

Braylen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Braylen went to 8% girls and 92% 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.

Braylen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Braylon

coinages

What Braylen means

Braylen is a variant of Braylon.

Origin, language, and formation

Braylen is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Braylen is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Braylon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,251 boys were recorded with the name Braylen between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,011 in 2011; its best national rank was #316 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #501 in 2020 to #725 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #414 in 2015 to #725 in 2025.

In the United States, 807 girls were recorded with the name Braylen between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,683 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,563 in 2020 to #4,571 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,608 in 2015 to #4,571 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 Braylen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,060
366 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,670
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#725
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,280 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Braylen 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 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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,280 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Braylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Braylens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Braylen was born before 2014 — so the typical Braylen is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
58.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
13,251
People you could plausibly meet
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2010s — 58.7% of all recorded uses (7,772).

Is Braylen 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
−60
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−224
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−311
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.2%
Peak was 2011 (1,011)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#316
2011

Spellings of Braylen

Braylen is not the most common spelling — Bradley is, with 42.1% against Braylen's 1.8%.

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 Braylen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Braylen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 481 boys, against 1 in 2,662 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

1208 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 481
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 775
  3. 3Alabama1 in 813
  4. 4Georgia1 in 917
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 935
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 1,351
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 1,429
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 1,563

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.

Geographically, Braylen is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 95% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Braylen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Braylen was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 535,582 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Louisiana1 in —
  4. 4Missouri1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7South Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

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. Braylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Braylen around the world

Where Braylen 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
    2012–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

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.

Braylen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#725
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 224
Best rank ever
#316
2011
Peak year
2011
1,011 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,251
Count in 2025
366

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,571
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 8
Best rank ever
#2,683
2021
Peak year
2021
64 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
807
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Braylen

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

BraedenBraydonBraelenBraylonBransonBraidenBrandenBrandanBraulioBrayanBrandynBrannonBradlyBraedonBradleeBraysonBraylinBrandtBrandinBraxtonBrantleyBradfordBraytonBrailen

Names with a curve like Braylen

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

KamdenRylandCasonKasonZaidenLandynKellanMaddenCannonCaseJadielAarav

Sibling names for Braylen

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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