Brailyn
Brailyn was the 5952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2474th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,810 places. More babies were named Brailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Braelynn) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #5,952 girls, down 2,106 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 20girls
- Girls and boys
- 66% girls, 34% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201473 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,481babies recorded
What does the name Brailyn mean?
Brailyn is a spelling of Braelynn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Braelynn's meaning and origin.
Braelynn is a modern American coinage, which Wiktionary describes as a 20th-century formation with the popular ending -lynn, comparable to Braylen and Braylon. The first part may echo Bray or Brayden, and -lynn comes from names such as Lynn and Brooklyn, but the name has no recorded history before the late 1980s. We therefore do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern coinage with no documented meaning.
Related names: Braelyn, Braylee, Braylen.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Braelynn' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Brailyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,952 | #6,862 | 20 | 12 |
| 2020 | #3,846 | #5,272 | 37 | 17 |
| 2010 | #2,565 | #4,116 | 71 | 24 |
| 2000 | #5,341 | — | 21 | — |
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How popular is Brailyn, counting every spelling?
Brailyn is a spelling of Braelynn, a name family that ranked #489 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,952 for Brailyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 646 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braelynn | 325 | #837 | 2,300 |
| Braelyn | 224 | #1,080 | 1,446 |
| Braylynn | 61 | #2,783 | 349 |
| Brailynn | 16 | #6,894 | 144 |
| Brailyn | 20 | #5,952 | 127 |
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 Brailyn?
20 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brailyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brailyn 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 423 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brailyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brailyn?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Brailyn are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 18. That makes Brailyn 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.
Brailyn by state
How common Brailyn 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 Brailyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brailyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brailyn
How popular is the name Brailyn?
Brailyn was the 5952nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2474th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,810 places. More babies were named Brailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brailyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 66% girls, 34% boys given the name Brailyn in the US.
Where is Brailyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brailyn was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).