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Brilyn

#9,563 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Brilyn has been given to 433 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #9,563 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Brilyn, 2025

1 in 332,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Brilyn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19982025

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.

Brilyn: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brilyn means

Brilyn is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Brilyn is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 373 girls were recorded with the name Brilyn between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2013; its best national rank was #4,013 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,118 in 2020 to #9,563 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,587 in 2015 to #9,563 in 2025.

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Brilyn between 2009 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,914 in 2010.

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.

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How common is Brilyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,563
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brilyn 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brilyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brilyns were born

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

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
373
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (197).

Is Brilyn 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
+108
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,445
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+24
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.0%
Peak was 2013 (37)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,013
2013

Spellings of Brilyn

Brilyn is not the most common spelling — Marilyn is, with 77.9% against Brilyn's 0.08%.

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 Brilyn is used

Across 1910–2025, Brilyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,357,808 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Brilyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brilyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,563
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,445
Best rank ever
#4,013
2013
Peak year
2013
37 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
373
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,914
2010
Peak year
2010
8 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
60
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brilyn

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

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Sibling names for Brilyn

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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