Braley — #15993 US girls' name
311 babies named Braley in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Braley was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Braley in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braley
The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Braley between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Braley currently holds the #15993 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braley 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 311 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.
Braley at a glance
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Current rank
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Braley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2011)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #15993 among girls.
311 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 24 births in a single year.
Braley popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2007 (Braley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Braley accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Braley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 127 births that decade — 41% of Braley's all-time total
Braley decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braley's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.