Brayton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAY-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Brayton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “broad farmstead”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Brayton mean?
English: English place and surname, from Brayton in North Yorkshire
“broad farmstead”
Is Brayton a girl's or a boy's name?
Brayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Brayton, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 106 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Brayton in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 86 | #1,718 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 85 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 93 | #1,523 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,728 |
| 2003 | 84 | #1,526 |
| 2002 | 81 | #1,526 |
| 2001 | 77 | #1,560 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 70 | #1,533 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Brayton
- Bray 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brayton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cannon Deacon Keegan Kayden Aiden Brody Declan Bridger Brennan Ronan Finn Finnegan
Names related to Brayton
More English names
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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, “Brayton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brayton, updated 20 October 2026.