Braya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Braya by the numbers

Braya was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Braya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Braya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Branaarmor or protection7 in the US (2017)
  • Briyanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Brayla44 in the US (2017)
  • Brayah15 in the US (2017)
  • Baya10 in the US (2017)
  • Breya10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Braya

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