Boys' name · since 1979
Brayan
Brayan has 16,540 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #768 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,540
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brayan currently ranks #768 among boys' names in America, with 16,540 babies recorded since 1979.
Brayan has 16,540 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #768 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #916 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #768 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 16,540 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayan ranks #916 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #768 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16,540 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #768 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,540
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brayan's 16,540 recorded births place it above 97.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Brayan compares
16,540 Top 7% higher than 93% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Brayan's all-time total is 45x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brayan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,540 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,151 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brayan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brayan splits its recorded history at 2004: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 1,151 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brayan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 1,151
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Brayan popularity over time - girls
18 total births recorded since 2001 (Brayan as girls' name)
Brayan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8,549 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Brayan's strongest decade.
8,549 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Brayan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 92
1980s
92 births
- 1990s 1,322
1990s
1,322 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,549 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,745 births
- 2020s 1,827
2020s
1,827 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8,549 births (52% of all-time use).
How Brayan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Brayan's total volume
Brayan by state
Where Brayan concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,565 | 21.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,567 | 15.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,054 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 918 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 753 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 752 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 583 | 3.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 559 | 3.4% |
3,565 of 16,540 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Brayan appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brayan's data
- Brayan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (8,549 total births); usage has since declined to 1,827 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brayans (3,565 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Brayan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Brayan 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.