# Braylon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/braylon/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,959 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,796 / 163 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 16 | 7,800 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13,940 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,473 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8,274 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,827 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,184 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,137 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,688 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,972 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,090 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,546 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,736 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,763 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,326 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,532 | 234 |
| 2012 | 1,253 | 278 |
| 2013 | 1,049 | 317 |
| 2014 | 833 | 378 |
| 2015 | 813 | 392 |
| 2016 | 738 | 425 |
| 2017 | 629 | 474 |
| 2018 | 499 | 554 |
| 2019 | 446 | 613 |
| 2020 | 526 | 537 |
| 2021 | 624 | 479 |
| 2022 | 491 | 583 |
| 2023 | 437 | 634 |
| 2024 | 359 | 732 |
| 2025 | 289 | 848 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Braylon

- Braylon Edwards, American football player (born 1983)

## 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.