Braylyn — #7421 US unisex name
724 babies named Braylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Braylyn was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Braylyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Braylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 724 babies named Braylyn between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Braylyn currently holds the #7421 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 53 babies received it in a single year. Braylyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 554 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Braylyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 380 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Braylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Braylyn in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Braylyn 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 724 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.
Braylyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Braylyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2009)
- 53
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #7421 among girls.
724 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 53 births in a single year.
Braylyn popularity over time — boys
554 total births recorded since 1997 (Braylyn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Braylyn accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Braylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 380 births that decade — 52% of Braylyn's all-time total
Braylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 380 births
- Runner-up 200 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Braylyn's strongest decade
380 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Braylyn by state
Where Braylyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
6 of 724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 0.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.7% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 0.8% 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, 1995–2024 (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.