How Many People Are Named Brayton?

2,448

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

About 1 in 139,617 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,528 babies named Brayton in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,910

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,202

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Peak Year

2012

106 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.9%
Male
99.1%

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

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Brayton alive today is about 19 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 26 in 2025.

Under 30 2,121
86.6%
30 to 59 316
12.9%
60 and over 11
0.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Brayton first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2012, to 106 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Brayton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,276, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,963.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,963
Best rank#1,276 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,663 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Brayton were born in Indiana than in any other state: about 328 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brayton was given 19 times as often in Indiana and 18.3 times in Iowa.

Indiana 328
Iowa 137
Texas 77
California 66
Ohio 38
Missouri 23
Illinois 23
New York 21
Louisiana 20
Nebraska 18
Florida 13
Michigan 10
Utah 7
North Carolina 6
Kansas 6
Georgia 6
Alabama 6

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