Brailyn
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BRAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Brailyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Brailyn come from?
Modern: blend of Bray and the -lyn ending, like Braelyn
Is Brailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brailyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Brailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Brailyn, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995. 12 boys were also named Brailyn in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Brailyn than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Brailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 744 girls in the US were given Brailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #437, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 63% of the babies named Brailyn in the US were girls.
Brailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Brailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Brynlee Brynn Brooklyn Devyn Brylee Brecken Kayden Braylee Eowyn Keegan Rylynn
Other spellings of Brailyn
Braelynn Braelyn Braylynn Braylen Braylin Braylyn Brailynn Bralynn Braelin Braylon
Names related to Brailyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brailyn, updated 20 October 2026.