Braelyn
Girl · BRAY-lin · Modern
Braelyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for girls in the US (224 babies).
What does Braelyn mean?
Modern: blend of Brae and Lyn
Combines Brae, the Scots word for a hillside, with the popular girls' ending -lyn.
- Say it
- BRAY-lin
More on Wiktionary.
Is Braelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Braelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 224 girls and 39 boys in the US.
How popular is Braelyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.
Braelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Braelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,080among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 224about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 224 girls in the US were named Braelyn, making it the 1,080th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 687th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 735 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991. 39 boys were also named Braelyn in 2025 (3,088th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Braelyn than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Braelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 744 girls in the US were given Braelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #437, up from #1,080 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 85% of the babies named Braelyn in the US were girls.
Braelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 224 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 232 | #1,070 |
| 2023 | 291 | #912 |
| 2022 | 319 | #869 |
| 2021 | 380 | #750 |
| 2020 | 414 | #687 |
| 2019 | 458 | #639 |
| 2018 | 460 | #644 |
| 2017 | 664 | #469 |
| 2016 | 645 | #484 |
| 2015 | 680 | #470 |
| 2014 | 711 | #452 |
| 2013 | 604 | #496 |
| 2012 | 699 | #448 |
| 2011 | 735 | #426 |
| 2010 | 673 | #458 |
| 2009 | 634 | #486 |
| 2008 | 543 | #567 |
| 2007 | 353 | #813 |
| 2006 | 311 | #858 |
| 2005 | 192 | #1,191 |
| 2004 | 165 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,969 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,697 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
Nicknames for Braelyn
- Brae 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Braelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Caoimhe Keira Brooklyn Aoibheann Teagan Eowyn Ocean Raegan Cassidy Quinn Rowan
Other spellings of Braelyn
Braelynn Braylynn Braylen Braylin Braylyn Brailyn Brailynn Bralynn Braelin Braylon
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