Girls' name · since 1993
Braley
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 316 babies named Braley, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 316
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Braley is the #15645 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 316 recorded since 1993.
Braley has 316 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15645 as of the latest data, more common than 10% 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 1993 to 2025.
- #15,470 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,645 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 316 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braley ranks #15,470 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,645 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 316 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 316
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braley's 316 recorded births place it above 78.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Braley compares
316 46th 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
Braley's all-time total is 16% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 316 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Braley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Braley's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Braley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Braley popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2007 (Braley as boys' name)
Braley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (127 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Braley's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Braley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 127 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Braley's data
- Braley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Braley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Braley 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.