Girls' name · since 2002
Brayley
287 babies named Brayley in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,665 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayley currently ranks #8665 among girls' names in America, with 287 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Brayley recorded 287 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #8665 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,665 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 287 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayley ranks #16,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,665 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 287 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,665 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayley's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brayley compares
287 44th 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
Brayley's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brayley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 287 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brayley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brayley's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Brayley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (153 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Brayley's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Brayley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 153 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brayley's data
- Brayley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (153 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brayley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Brayley 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.