girls:
22 births since 1994
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1916
#2551 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1916
#5359 (31st percentile)
The name Brayton is the #5,359 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,475 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 30.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,551 (44.3% percentile) for all time with 2,453 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1994.
Brayton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Brayton is available in 54 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 4 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 Brayton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Brayton reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #799) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 52 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brayton ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 27.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brayton reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #858) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brayton".
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