# Braelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,314 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,342 / 10,972 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage with -lyn, compare Braylen, Braylon. Variant: Braelynn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 735 | 426 |
| 2012 | 699 | 448 |
| 2013 | 604 | 496 |
| 2014 | 711 | 452 |
| 2015 | 680 | 472 |
| 2016 | 645 | 484 |
| 2017 | 664 | 469 |
| 2018 | 460 | 644 |
| 2019 | 458 | 639 |
| 2020 | 414 | 687 |
| 2021 | 380 | 750 |
| 2022 | 319 | 869 |
| 2023 | 291 | 914 |
| 2024 | 232 | 1,070 |
| 2025 | 224 | 1,080 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 1,667 |
| 2012 | 90 | 1,688 |
| 2013 | 69 | 1,992 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,922 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,854 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,185 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,156 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,394 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,465 |
| 2020 | 68 | 2,071 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,228 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,152 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,513 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,053 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,094 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.