Girls' name · since 1991
Brealyn
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Brealyn, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
190 babies have been named Brealyn since 1991, making it today's #13752 girls' name.
Brealyn has 190 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13752 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, 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 1991 to 2025.
- #20,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,752 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brealyn ranks #20,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,752 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 190 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brealyn's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brealyn compares
190 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brealyn's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brealyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brealyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brealyn's full recorded timeline at 2013, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brealyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Brealyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Brealyn's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Brealyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Brealyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brealyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1991–2025 (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 Brealyn 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.