girls:
575 births since 1987
#5141 (10th percentile)
boys:
62 births since 1996
#4524 (1st percentile)
overall:
637 births since 1987
#7102 (8th percentile)
The name Brelyn is the #7,102 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 637 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,141 (10.0% percentile) for all time with 575 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,524 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1996.
Brelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Brelyn is available in 35 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (35 years for girls and 10 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 Brelyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Brelyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #911) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brelyn ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 25.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brelyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #877) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brelyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Brelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.8% confident that Brelyn is pronounced as BREH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BREE-luhn, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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