# Brayson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brayson/  
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 | 3,161 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,161 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 175 | 1,071 |
| 2012 | 181 | 1,053 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,077 |
| 2014 | 213 | 981 |
| 2015 | 188 | 1,058 |
| 2016 | 214 | 963 |
| 2017 | 218 | 955 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,060 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,067 |
| 2020 | 155 | 1,216 |
| 2021 | 148 | 1,280 |
| 2022 | 116 | 1,541 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,002 |
| 2024 | 91 | 1,796 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,397 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## 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.