Brylan
Brylan was the 5649th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1661st with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,514 places. More babies were named Brylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,649 boys, down 2,437 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201293 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,320babies recorded
Brylan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 77 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,649 | 16 |
| 2020 | #3,212 | 35 |
| 2010 | #1,940 | 72 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 19 |
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How popular is Brylan, counting every spelling?
Brylan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 57 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brylan | 16 | #5,649 | 143 |
| Brylen | 21 | #4,729 | 105 |
| Brylon | 9 | #8,363 | 68 |
| Brylin | 11 | #7,271 | 59 |
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 Brylan?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brylan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brylan 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 Brylan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brylan?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Brylan are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 18. That makes Brylan 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.
Brylan by state
How common Brylan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys 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 Brylan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brylan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brylan
How popular is the name Brylan?
Brylan was the 5649th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1661st with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,514 places. More babies were named Brylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brylan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brylan in the US.
Where is Brylan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brylan was most common in Louisiana (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Georgia.