girls:
9.1k births since 1989
#1689 (70th percentile)
boys:
192 births since 2008
#4394 (4th percentile)
overall:
9.3k births since 1989
#2786 (64th percentile)
The name Braelynn is the #2,786 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,336 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 64.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,689 (70.5% percentile) for all time with 9,144 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,394 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 192 births since 2008.
Braelynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Braelynn is available in 30 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023 (30 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Braelynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Braelynn reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 62.4% percentile (ranked #357) with 426 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 426 births per million (ranked 62.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Braelynn ranks #547 for girls (42.3% percentile) with 253 births per million, which is 59.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Braelynn reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #891) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Braelynn is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #900 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Braelynn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Braelynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Braelynn is pronounced as BRAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAY-leen, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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