Brayley — #9300 US girls' name
275 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.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Brayley was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Brayley in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brayley
The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Brayley between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brayley currently holds the #9300 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brayley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brayley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brayley 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 275 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.
Brayley at a glance
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Current rank
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Brayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #9300 among girls.
275 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 20 births in a single year.
Brayley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 153 births that decade — 56% of Brayley's all-time total
Brayley decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brayley's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.