How rare is the name Braylen?

8,916 people in the United States have the first name Braylen, about 1 in 33,875. It ranks #2,654 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRAYLEN

#2,654

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,916
About
1 in 33,875
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,916 people named Braylen, 46.4% reported their origin as Black, 36.2% as White and 9.9% as two or more races. 93.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Braylen peaked in 2011, when 1,054 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
1,054
In 2025*
396 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,058 babies have been given the name since 1991. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Braylen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #771. The largest share of babies named Braylen, 60.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#10,415139
2000s#1,7542,481
2010s#7718,168
2020s#1,0953,270
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1238.8%
2013 and later60.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Braylen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Braylen has been most common in Mississippi (3.7×), Georgia (3.5×), and South Carolina (3.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).

12,368 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Braylen

#2,651 Reyes · 8,921#2,653 Kathi · 8,917#2,655 Dimitri · 8,895#2,656 Kelsi · 8,881

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Braylen, most common first.

#1,992 Braylon · 13,830#2,671 Braelyn · 8,800#5,172 Braylin · 3,375#11,176 Braylynn · 1,162#11,268 Braylan · 1,149#11,508 Brailyn · 1,110#12,244 Brylan · 1,022#12,776 Braylyn · 964

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