Braelynn Girl
How popular is Braelynn?
#837 girl name in 2025
325 baby girls were named Braelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 837th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Braelynn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #837 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 325 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #466 in 2015, #445 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (809 girls) |
| Highest rank | #389 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Braelynn 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 Braelynn is most popular
Babies named Braelynn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.8 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.7 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Iowa: 0.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (54 girls)
Braelynn by decade
Girl names about as popular as Braelynn
Questions
- Is Braelynn a boy or girl name?
- Braelynn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Braelynn were girls.
- How popular is the name Braelynn?
- 325 baby girls were named Braelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 837th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Braelynn most popular?
- Braelynn peaked in 2016, when 809 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #389 in 2017.
- How many people are named Braelynn?
- 10,039 babies have been named Braelynn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,988 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Braelynn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Braelynn was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.8 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.