How Many People Are Named Braelyn?

12,223

people named Braelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 27,962 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,314 babies named Braelyn in Social Security records from 1991 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,176

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,196

See the top 100

Peak Year

2011

825 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: BRAY-lin
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
89.1%
Male
10.9%

Of the babies given the name Braelyn, 89.1% were girls and 10.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Braelyn fell from 100% in the 1990s to 84.9% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Braelyn alive today is about 12 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 12,136
99.3%
30 to 59 87
0.7%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Braelyn first appears in the records in 1991 and was given most often in 2011, to 825 babies. In 2025, 263 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1991 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Braelyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #426, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #1,080. Among boys, its best rank was #1,525, in 2010.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#1,080#3,093
Best rank#426 (2011)#1,525 (2010)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#495 in the 2010s#1,948 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Braelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Braelyn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 938 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Braelyn was given 3.4 times as often in West Virginia, 2.3 times in South Carolina and 2 times in Kansas.

Texas 938
Florida 587
Georgia 526
California 506
North Carolina 474
Pennsylvania 449
Ohio 429
Michigan 395
Indiana 359
Tennessee 347
Virginia 331
Wisconsin 318
New York 315
Illinois 308
South Carolina 294
Missouri 276
Louisiana 256
Kentucky 239
Maryland 233
Alabama 211
Minnesota 202
Arizona 193
Colorado 183
Kansas 177
Iowa 174
Oklahoma 158
West Virginia 152
Washington 134
Massachusetts 132
Utah 113
Nebraska 103
Mississippi 101
Arkansas 98
New Jersey 96
Oregon 70
Nevada 38
Connecticut 35
Idaho 31
South Dakota 30
North Dakota 28
Maine 22
Alaska 21
Montana 21
New Mexico 16
New Hampshire 12
Hawaii 7
Rhode Island 5

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