Braelyn Girl
How popular is Braelyn?
#1,080 girl name in 2025
224 baby girls were named Braelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1080th most popular girl name. Another 39 boys got the name (#3,088 for boys).
Braelyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,080 for girls (▼ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 224 girls, 39 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #470 in 2015, #687 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (735 girls) |
| Highest rank | #426 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 12% boys, 88% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Braelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Braelynn family of names ranked #532 for girls in 2025 (#500 the year before), with 549 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Braelynn | 325 | 59% |
| Braelyn | 224 | 41% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Braelyn is most popular
Babies named Braelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.4 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Missouri: 0.3 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Iowa: 0.3 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Braelyn by decade
Girl names about as popular as Braelyn
Questions
- Is Braelyn a boy or girl name?
- Braelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Braelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Braelyn?
- 224 baby girls were named Braelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1080th most popular girl name. Another 39 boys got the name (#3,088 for boys).
- When was Braelyn most popular?
- Braelyn peaked in 2011, when 735 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #426 in 2011.
- How many people are named Braelyn?
- 12,314 babies have been named Braelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,235 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Braelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Braelyn was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.