Braelin — #11437 US boys' name
376 babies named Braelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Braelin was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Braelin in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braelin
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Braelin between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Braelin currently holds the #11437 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Braelin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 247 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braelin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braelin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braelin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braelin 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 376 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.
Braelin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Braelin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2009)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #11437 among boys.
376 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 28 births in a single year.
Braelin popularity over time — girls
247 total births recorded since 1997 (Braelin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Braelin accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Braelin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 164 births that decade — 44% of Braelin's all-time total
Braelin decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braelin's strongest decade
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Braelin by state
Where Braelin concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 376 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% 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, 1995–2024 (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.