girls:
887 births since 2001
#4829 (15th percentile)
boys:
27 births since 2009
#4559 (1st percentile)
overall:
914 births since 2001
#6825 (12th percentile)
The name Brailynn is the #6,825 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 914 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,829 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 887 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,559 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 2009.
Brailynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Brailynn is available in 22 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 4 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 Brailynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Brailynn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #864) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brailynn ranks #916 for girls (3.3% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 51.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brailynn reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #911) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brailynn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Brailynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Brailynn is pronounced as BRAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAY-leen, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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