NameTides

Braelynn

Braelynn was the #837 girls' name in the US in 2025 (325 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Braelynn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Braelynn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Braelynn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#837 (325)—#3,044 (6)
2024#810 (347)—#1,077 (24)
2023#666 (443)—#1,491 (15)
2022#573 (522)—#882 (30)
2021#470 (663)—#877 (32)
2020#445 (694)—#693 (41)
2019#457 (681)#5,591 (3)#947 (28)
2018#396 (778)—#889 (31)
2017#389 (806)—#759 (37)
2016#411 (809)—#765 (37)
2015#466 (686)—#1,043 (24)
2014#564 (543)—#1,035 (25)
2013#628 (446)—#1,021 (25)
2012#602 (475)—#1,194 (21)
2011#708 (393)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #389.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Braelynn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 7,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Braelynn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,224TXFlorida: #959FL
Braelynn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Braelynn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BraelynnCanadaGirls#3,0446
BraelynnEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BraelynnNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BraelynnNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BraelynnUSGirls#837325
BraelynnUSBoys#8,9108