girls:
331 births since 1995
#5385 (6th percentile)
boys:
513 births since 1996
#4073 (11th percentile)
overall:
844 births since 1995
#6895 (11th percentile)
The name Bralyn is the #6,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 844 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,073 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 513 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,385 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 331 births since 1995.
Bralyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Bralyn is available in 27 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (26 years for boys and 25 years for girls). 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 Bralyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Bralyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (60.9% girls from 1995 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (61.4% boys from 1999 to 2023).
For boys, Bralyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #836) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bralyn ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 13.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bralyn reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #962) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bralyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Bralyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Bralyn is pronounced as BRAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRA-lihn, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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