Brylen
Brylen was the 4729th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2561st with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 931 places. More babies were named Brylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,729 boys, down 792 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201248 babies
- Total since 1880
- 709babies recorded
Brylen popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 50 since 2007.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,729 | 21 |
| 2020 | #3,937 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,187 | 35 |
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How popular is Brylen, counting every spelling?
Brylen is a spelling of Brylan, 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 Brylen?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brylen (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brylen 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 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brylen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brylen?
About 700 people born in the US named Brylen are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 15. That makes Brylen 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brylen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brylen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brylen
How popular is the name Brylen?
Brylen was the 4729th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2561st with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 931 places. More babies were named Brylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brylen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brylen in the US.