Girls' name · since 1991
Brayana
55 babies named Brayana in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brayana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1991.
Social Security Administration records show Brayana recorded 55 times among girls since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2020.
- #33,825 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayana ranks #33,825 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brayana's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brayana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brayana's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brayana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2020
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2020.
55 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 7 births in a single year.
Brayana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Brayana's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Brayana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (51% of all-time use).
Brayana decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Brayana's data
- Brayana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Brayana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1991–2020 (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 Brayana 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.
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