Brailynn
Brailynn was the 6894th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2327th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,042 places. More babies were named Brailynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Braelynn) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #6,894 girls, down 3,047 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201479 babies
- Total since 1880
- 952babies recorded
What does the name Brailynn mean?
Brailynn 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)
Brailynn popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 27 since 2009.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,894 | 16 |
| 2020 | #3,847 | 37 |
| 2010 | #3,526 | 45 |
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How popular is Brailynn, counting every spelling?
Brailynn is a spelling of Braelynn, a name family that ranked #489 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,894 for Brailynn 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 Brailynn?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brailynn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brailynn 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 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brailynn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brailynn?
About 900 people born in the US named Brailynn are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 8 and 14. That makes Brailynn a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Brailynn by state
How common Brailynn 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 Brailynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brailynn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brailynn
How popular is the name Brailynn?
Brailynn was the 6894th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2327th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,042 places. More babies were named Brailynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brailynn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brailynn in the US.
Where is Brailynn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brailynn was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).