Boys' name · since 2008
Brayln
Brayln has 103 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,193 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayln is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 103 have been recorded since 2008.
Brayln has 103 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2008 to 2019.
- #17,193 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brayln ranks #17,193 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,193 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brayln's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brayln's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brayln splits its recorded history at 2012: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brayln popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2019
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Brayln by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 82% of the file).
2010s was Brayln's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Brayln births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brayln: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2019 (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 Brayln 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.