Braelynn — #810 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Braelynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,497 babies named Braelynn between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Braelynn currently holds the #810 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 808 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braelynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Braelynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 749 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Braelynn in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braelynn 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 9,497 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.