girls:
152 births since 2004
#5564 (3rd percentile)
boys:
18.1k births since 1981
#852 (81st percentile)
overall:
18.3k births since 1981
#1900 (75th percentile)
The name Braylon is the #1,900 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,283 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 75.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #852 (81.4% percentile) for all time with 18,131 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,564 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 152 births since 2004.
Braylon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 2004 for girls).
The name Braylon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Braylon reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 76.1% percentile (ranked #216) with 799 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 799 births per million (ranked 76.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Braylon ranks #531 for boys (41.8% percentile) with 237 births per million, which is 29.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Braylon reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #973) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Braylon ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 44.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Braylon".
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