Brailey
Brailey was the 8449th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2360th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,230 places. More babies were named Brailey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,449 girls, down 3,885 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201279 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,181babies recorded
Brailey popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2000.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,449 | 12 |
| 2020 | #4,564 | 29 |
| 2010 | #2,844 | 61 |
| 2000 | #6,254 | 17 |
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How popular is Brailey, counting every spelling?
Brailey is a spelling of Braylee, a name family that ranked #1,030 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #8,449 for Brailey on its own. Together these spellings went to 226 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braylee | 164 | #1,348 | 1,074 |
| Brailey | 12 | #8,449 | 103 |
| Brailee | 13 | #7,964 | 100 |
| Braylie | 9 | #10,240 | 59 |
| Brayley | 12 | #8,450 | 55 |
| Braelee | 11 | #8,958 | 42 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brailey?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brailey (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brailey born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brailey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brailey?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Brailey are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 10 and 19. That makes Brailey mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brailey by state
How common Brailey was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brailey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brailey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brailey
How popular is the name Brailey?
Brailey was the 8449th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2360th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,230 places. More babies were named Brailey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brailey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brailey in the US.
Where is Brailey most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brailey was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls).