Brayton — #4319 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,479 babies named Brayton between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brayton currently holds the #4319 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 812 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Brayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 335 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brayton in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brayton 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 2,479 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.