Brayson — #1823 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brayson

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,101 babies named Brayson between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brayson currently holds the #1823 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 218 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brayson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,897 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brayson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 367 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brayson in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brayson 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 3,101 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.