NameTides

Braylen

Braylen was the #725 boys' name in the US in 2025 (366 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Braylen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Braylen as a boy’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Braylen as a boy’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#725 (366)#4,275 (4)#3,153 (5)
2024#665 (412)#3,255 (6)#1,909 (10)
2023#575 (509)#2,814 (7)#2,614 (6)
2022#545 (543)#2,321 (9)#1,759 (10)
2021#463 (646)#1,984 (11)#1,653 (11)
2020#501 (582)#2,404 (8)#2,197 (7)
2019#500 (571)#4,702 (3)#2,189 (7)
2018#466 (622)#2,693 (7)#1,983 (8)
2017#430 (719)#2,512 (8)#1,720 (10)
2016#438 (703)#2,804 (7)#1,578 (11)
2015#414 (753)#3,908 (4)—
2014#407 (759)—#1,381 (13)
2013#361 (871)#4,685 (3)#1,926 (8)
2012#327 (965)#3,987 (4)#2,368 (6)
2011#316 (1,011)—#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #316.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Braylen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 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 4,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Braylen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Braylen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #455OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #649FL
Braylen (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
BraylenCanadaBoys#3,1535
BraylenEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
BraylenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BraylenUSGirls#4,54630
BraylenUSBoys#725366