Braelan — boys' name
32 babies named Braelan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 boys have been named Braelan since 2008, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 32
- total births
- 2008–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Braelan was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Braelan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braelan
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Braelan between 2008 and 2010, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braelan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braelan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Braelan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braelan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braelan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Braelan at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Braelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2008
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
32 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 13 births in a single year.
Braelan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 21 births that decade — 66% of Braelan's all-time total
Braelan decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Braelan's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Braelan by state
Where Braelan concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 18.8% |
6 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 18.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 18.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.