Brayn — boys' name
193 babies named Brayn in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Brayn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Brayn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brayn
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Brayn between 1982 and 2013, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brayn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brayn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brayn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brayn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brayn 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 193 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.
Brayn at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brayn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1982
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
193 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 15 births in a single year.
Brayn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 83 births that decade — 43% of Brayn's all-time total
Brayn decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Brayn's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Brayn by state
Where Brayn concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.1% |
6 of 193 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% 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, 1982–2013 (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.