How Many People Are Named Braylon?

18,767

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

About 1 in 18,212 people in the US has this name

Based on 18,959 babies named Braylon in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,679

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#694

See the top 100

Peak Year

2009

1,702 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: African American (Modern)
Pronunciation: BRAY-lən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

An invented name, using the same sounds found in names such as Braden and Jalen.

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.9%
Male
99.1%

Of the babies given the name Braylon, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Braylon alive today is about 13 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 18,451
98.3%
30 to 59 316
1.7%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Braylon first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2009, to 1,702 babies. In 2025, 294 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Braylon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #218, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #848.

Boys
Rank in 2025#848
Best rank#218 (2009)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#353 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Braylon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,305 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Braylon was given 4.5 times as often in Louisiana, 4.4 times in Mississippi and 3.8 times in Arkansas.

Texas 2,305
Ohio 1,406
Louisiana 1,129
Georgia 1,089
Michigan 954
North Carolina 873
Tennessee 845
Alabama 816
Florida 729
Mississippi 637
Indiana 570
Arkansas 567
California 507
South Carolina 505
Kentucky 443
Virginia 411
Pennsylvania 375
Illinois 344
Oklahoma 339
Missouri 314
Maryland 277
Wisconsin 250
West Virginia 214
New York 212
Minnesota 167
Kansas 159
Arizona 153
Colorado 147
Washington 144
Iowa 135
Nebraska 121
New Jersey 105
Oregon 75
Nevada 67
Massachusetts 51
Utah 45
South Dakota 39
New Mexico 20
Idaho 18
Montana 16
North Dakota 11
Connecticut 11

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