Braedyn
Boy · BRAY-din · Irish
Braedyn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “salmon”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Braedyn mean?
Irish: variant of Braden, from an Irish surname
“salmon”
A spelling of Braden, from the Irish surname O Bradain, 'descendant of Bradan', a name meaning 'salmon'.
- Say it
- BRAY-din
Is Braedyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Braedyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Braedyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Braedyn, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Braedyn than any year since 2017.
In 2025, 47 boys in the UK were given Braedyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #708, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Braedyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Braedyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Braedyn, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 181 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Braedyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,823 boys in the US were given Braedyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #221, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
In 2020, 14% of the babies named Braedyn in the US were girls.
Braedyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 84 | #1,790 |
| 2014 | 119 | #1,414 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,413 |
| 2012 | 149 | #1,202 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,132 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,059 |
| 2009 | 175 | #1,063 |
| 2008 | 178 | #1,061 |
| 2007 | 150 | #1,176 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,301 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,842 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Nicknames for Braedyn
- Brae 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Braedyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Aiden Ronan Kayden Brody Kian Brogan Keegan Conan Declan Caelan Conlan
Other spellings of Braedyn
Brayden Braydon Braiden Bradyn Braeden Breyden Braedon Braydan Braydyn Braydin
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