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Braylon

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Braylon is ranked 727th among boys in 2024 (359 births). Its best rank was 218th, in 2009.

Rank in 2024
#727down 93 from 2023
Births in 2024
3590.02% of boys
Peak year
20091,695 births
Best rank
#218in 2009
Since 1981
18,497people given the name
Babies named Braylon, by year of birthboys
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

18,497 boys have been named Braylon in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 1,695 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 378 → 727).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 50%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Braylon
1980s94
1990s512
2000s6,199
2010s9,263
2020s2,429

In 2009, its biggest year

Braylon was the 218th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.

Names that rose and fell with Braylon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.