Brynleigh
Brynleigh was the 807th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 338 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 752nd with 385 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 357 places. More babies were named Brynleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it BRIN-lee /ˈbrɪnli/
- Rank in 2025
- #807 girls, up 81 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 338girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022385 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,107babies recorded
What does the name Brynleigh mean?
Brynleigh is a very recent American girls' name, recorded from 2001. It appears to join Bryn, a Welsh name from bryn, hill, with the -leigh ending used in many recent names. Wiktionary notes that bryn appears in several Welsh place names. No source documents the combination, so we do not give it a single meaning, though its first part carries the Welsh "hill."
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern blend; only the 'Bryn' element is documented.
Related names: Brynlee, Bryn, Brynn.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bryn' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'bryn' (Welsh 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)
Nicknames for Brynleigh
The usual nicknames for Brynleigh are Bryn. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Brynleigh in the last five years, 30 were named Bryn, against 2065 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn · also for Brynlee | Modern | #2,021 | 525 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Brynleighs go by each one.
Brynleigh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #807 | 338 |
| 2020 | #888 | 300 |
| 2010 | #2,456 | 76 |
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How popular is Brynleigh, counting every spelling?
Brynleigh is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #641 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #807 for Brynleigh on its own. Together these spellings went to 451 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynleigh | 338 | #807 | 1,751 |
| Brynnleigh | 69 | #2,549 | 391 |
| Brinleigh | 44 | #3,471 | 295 |
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 Brynleigh?
338 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brynleigh (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brynleigh 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 25 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brynleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brynleigh?
About 4,100 people born in the US named Brynleigh are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Brynleigh 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.
Brynleigh by state
How common Brynleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (6.4×), Alabama (4.2×), Arkansas (4.0×), Mississippi (3.9×), Kentucky (3.7×). In 17 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 Brynleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brynleigh, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Brynleigh · Sibling names for Brynleigh
Questions about the name Brynleigh
How popular is the name Brynleigh?
Brynleigh was the 807th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 338 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 752nd with 385 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 357 places. More babies were named Brynleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Brynleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brynleigh in the US.
Where is Brynleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brynleigh was most common in West Virginia (1.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Arkansas.