NameTides

Braylon

Braylon was the #848 boys' name in the US in 2025 (289 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Braylon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Braylon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Braylon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#848 (289)——#3,153 (5)
2024#732 (359)#5,120 (3)#727 (3)#1,909 (10)
2023#634 (437)#4,108 (4)—#1,947 (9)
2022#582 (491)#3,450 (5)—#1,415 (14)
2021#479 (624)#1,595 (15)—#2,491 (6)
2020#537 (526)#4,608 (3)—#1,708 (10)
2019#613 (446)——#1,737 (10)
2018#554 (499)#3,959 (4)—#2,740 (5)
2017#474 (629)#2,172 (10)—#2,010 (8)
2016#425 (738)#1,804 (13)—#1,831 (9)
2015#392 (813)#3,004 (6)——
2014#377 (833)#4,632 (3)—#1,936 (8)
2013#317 (1,049)#4,685 (3)—#1,380 (13)
2012#278 (1,253)——#904 (24)
2011#234 (1,532)——#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #218.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 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 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Braylon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 7,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Braylon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: #935ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: 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: #773INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #809FL
Braylon (boys) 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#1,5176

Braylon (boys): 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
BraylonCanadaBoys#3,1535
BraylonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BraylonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BraylonScotlandBoys—too few
BraylonUSGirls#14,9425
BraylonUSBoys#848289