Brylan Boy
How popular is Brylan?
#5,606 boy name in 2025
16 baby boys were named Brylan in the US in 2025, making it the 5606th most popular boy name.
Brylan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,606 for boys (▼ 2153 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,132 in 2015, #3,200 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (93 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,656 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brylan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brylan family of names ranked #1,963 for boys in 2025 (#1,551 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brylan | 16 | 28% |
| Brylen | 21 | 37% |
| Brylon | 9 | 16% |
| Brylin | 11 | 19% |
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 Brylan is most popular
Babies named Brylan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Brylan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Brylan
Questions
- Is Brylan a boy or girl name?
- Brylan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brylan were boys.
- How popular is the name Brylan?
- 16 baby boys were named Brylan in the US in 2025, making it the 5606th most popular boy name.
- When was Brylan most popular?
- Brylan peaked in 2012, when 93 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,656 in 2012.
- How many people are named Brylan?
- 1,320 babies have been named Brylan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,307 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Brylan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brylan was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.