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Brayan

Gender
Boy
Say it
BRY-an
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#1,964 for boys
US rank, 2025
#768 for boys

Brayan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 768th for boys in the US (334 babies).

Where does Brayan come from?

Irish: Spanish-American spelling of Brian

Is Brayan a girl's or a boy's name?

Brayan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 334 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Brayan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,964among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Brayan, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 boys.

Half of all the boys named Brayan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 188 boys in the UK were given Brayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #282, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 17 in 20222025
Brayan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#1,964
202411#2,149
202315#1,715
202217#1,561
202112#1,969
202011#2,052
201910#2,231
201812#1,981
201714#1,822
201611#2,143
201512#1,990
201411#2,054
201313#1,799
201210#2,230
20115#3,446
20107#2,775
20098#2,445
20087#2,616
20076#2,873
20063#4,204

How popular is Brayan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#768among boys
Babies in 2025
334about 1 in 5,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 334 boys in the US were named Brayan, making it the 768th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 858th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,151 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.

Half of all the boys named Brayan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,359 boys in the US were given Brayan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #768 for this spelling alone.

1979Busiest: 1,151 in 20062025
Brayan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025334#768
2024369#718
2023284#851
2022323#782
2021252#910
2020265#858
2019270#834
2018271#824
2017347#705
2016415#641
2015462#596
2014498#552
2013525#510
2012531#501
2011638#428
2010788#370
2009887#352
2008993#331
20071,061#310
20061,151#294
2005978#326
2004891#336
2003806#347
2002761#355
2001541#447
2000480#486
1999290#623
1998244#688
1997183#797
1996166#842
1995112#1,059
199487#1,240
199362#1,488
199259#1,505
199168#1,362
199051#1,610
198926#2,463
198820#2,760
198710#4,233
19867#5,327
198513#3,398
19849#4,212
19837#4,904
19820–
19810–
19800–
19795#6,054

Names like Brayan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Finn Brody Aiden Ronan Kayden Brogan Kian Conan Keegan Caelan Conlan Declan

Other spellings of Brayan

Brian Bryan Bryon Brion Brallan Brien

Names related to Brayan

Bryn Baran Brayen Bran Byran Braun Brayon

More Irish names

Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian

Every Irish name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brayan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brayan, updated 20 October 2026.