NameTides

Brayan

Brayan was the #768 boys' name in the US in 2025 (334 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales.

Brayan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Brayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#768 (334)#1,897 (13)——
2024#718 (369)#2,089 (11)——
2023#851 (284)#1,610 (15)——
2022#782 (323)#1,469 (17)——
2021#910 (252)#1,860 (12)——
2020#858 (265)#1,935 (11)—#2,431 (6)
2019#834 (270)#2,104 (10)——
2018#824 (271)#1,991 (11)—#1,983 (8)
2017#705 (347)#1,703 (14)——
2016#641 (415)#2,027 (11)——
2015#596 (462)#1,902 (12)——
2014#552 (498)#2,248 (9)——
2013#510 (525)#1,706 (13)——
2012#501 (531)#2,117 (10)——
2011#428 (638)#3,300 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #294.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Brayan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brayan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #591CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #649FL
Brayan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrayanCanadaBoys—too few
BrayanEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
BrayanIrelandBoys—too few
BrayanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrayanUSGirls—too few
BrayanUSBoys#768334