girls:
10.5k births since 1991
#1541 (73rd percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 2000
#3349 (27th percentile)
overall:
11.8k births since 1991
#2429 (69th percentile)
The name Braelyn is the #2,429 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,771 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 68.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,541 (73.0% percentile) for all time with 10,510 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #3,349 (26.9% percentile) for all time with 1,261 births since 2000.
Braelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 2000 for boys).
The name Braelyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.7% of babies named Braelyn were girls.
For girls, Braelyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 58.9% percentile (ranked #387) with 379 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 379 births per million (ranked 58.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Braelyn ranks #671 for girls (29.2% percentile) with 165 births per million, which is 43.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Braelyn reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #779) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 52 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Braelyn ranks #864 for boys (5.2% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 55.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Braelyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Braelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.1% confident that Braelyn is pronounced as BRAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAY-leen, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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