Recorded 2001–2017 Girls' name Peak 2012 96 births

Braylea — girls' name

96 babies named Braylea in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s182010s78
2010s
Peak decade

81% of everyone ever named Braylea was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

15 babies were named Braylea in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Braylea

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Braylea between 2001 and 2017, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Braylea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Braylea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Braylea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Braylea 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 96 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.

Braylea at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

96

Since 2001

17 years of records

Peak year

2012

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2001

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2017

Braylea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2001

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
15
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
05101520 20172016201520142013201220112010200920082001 5

Braylea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
78 births that decade — 81% of Braylea's all-time total
2000s182010s78

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Braylea?
96 babies have been named Braylea since 2001. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2012 with 15 births.
When was Braylea most popular?
Braylea was most popular in the 2010s decade with 78 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Braylea been used?
Braylea has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 17 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Braylea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brandy, Brandi, Brandie, Braelyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2017 (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.