# Braylen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braylen/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Braylon |
| US babies named this | 14,058 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,251 / 807 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern American coinage.

## 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 | 43 | 3,615 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,795 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,522 |
| 2014 | 40 | 3,788 |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,608 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,937 |
| 2017 | 45 | 3,440 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,473 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4,673 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,565 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,683 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,777 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,774 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,828 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,572 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,011 | 316 |
| 2012 | 965 | 327 |
| 2013 | 871 | 361 |
| 2014 | 759 | 407 |
| 2015 | 753 | 414 |
| 2016 | 703 | 438 |
| 2017 | 719 | 430 |
| 2018 | 622 | 466 |
| 2019 | 571 | 500 |
| 2020 | 582 | 501 |
| 2021 | 646 | 463 |
| 2022 | 543 | 545 |
| 2023 | 509 | 575 |
| 2024 | 412 | 665 |
| 2025 | 366 | 725 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.