Girls' name · since 2009
Braylei
Braylei has 171 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Braylei is the #16336 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 171 recorded since 2009.
Braylei has 171 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16336 as of the latest data, more common than 6% 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 2009 to 2025.
- #21,407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,336 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 171 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braylei ranks #21,407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,336 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 171 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braylei's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Braylei compares
171 34th 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
Braylei's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Braylei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 171 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Braylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Braylei's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Braylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Braylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (101 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Braylei's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Braylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (59% of all-time use).
Braylei by state
Where Braylei concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 171 births nationwide.
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What to do with Braylei's data
- Braylei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Brayleis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Braylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Braylei 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.