# Braelynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braelynn/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,039 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 210 / 9,829 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage with -lynn, compare Braylen, Braylon. Variant: Braelyn.

## 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 | 393 | 708 |
| 2012 | 475 | 602 |
| 2013 | 446 | 629 |
| 2014 | 543 | 564 |
| 2015 | 686 | 466 |
| 2016 | 809 | 411 |
| 2017 | 806 | 389 |
| 2018 | 778 | 396 |
| 2019 | 681 | 458 |
| 2020 | 694 | 445 |
| 2021 | 663 | 470 |
| 2022 | 522 | 574 |
| 2023 | 443 | 666 |
| 2024 | 347 | 810 |
| 2025 | 325 | 837 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,638 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,961 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,090 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,702 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,086 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,833 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,253 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,852 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,488 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,374 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,695 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,851 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,041 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## 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.