Braylei — #12982 US girls' name
166 babies named Braylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Braylei was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Braylei in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braylei
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Braylei between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Braylei currently holds the #12982 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braylei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Braylei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Braylei in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braylei 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 166 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.
Braylei at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Braylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #12982 among girls.
166 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 16 births in a single year.
Braylei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 101 births that decade — 61% of Braylei's all-time total
Braylei decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braylei's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% 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 | 3.0% |
5 of 166 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.