Boys' name · since 1999
Brayen
Brayen has 137 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 137 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayen has been recorded 137 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #15,353 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 137 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayen ranks #15,353 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayen's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brayen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brayen's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brayen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Brayen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Brayen's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Brayen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Brayen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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 Brayen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Brayen 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.