Girls' name · since 2008
Braylinn
139 babies named Braylinn in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braylinn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 139 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braylinn has been recorded 139 times among girls since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2023.
- #23,539 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 139 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Braylinn ranks #23,539 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,539 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Braylinn's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Braylinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Braylinn splits its recorded history at 2015: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Braylinn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Braylinn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Braylinn as boys' name)
Braylinn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 73% of the file).
2010s was Braylinn's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Braylinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Braylinn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Braylinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2008–2023 (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 Braylinn 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.