Girls' name · since 1998
Braelee
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 344 babies named Braelee, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Braelee is the #9167 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 344 recorded since 1998.
Braelee has 344 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9167 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #14,768 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,167 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braelee ranks #14,768 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,167 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 344 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braelee's 344 recorded births place it above 79.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Braelee compares
344 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Braelee's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braelee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Braelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Braelee splits its recorded history at 2013: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Braelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Braelee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (198 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Braelee's strongest decade.
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Braelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
198 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 198 births (58% of all-time use).
Braelee by state
Where Braelee concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13 | 3.8% |
13 of 344 births nationwide.
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What to do with Braelee's data
- Braelee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (198 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Braelees (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Braelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Braelee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.