Brayla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 44 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
44
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brayla by the numbers

Brayla was given to 44 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Brayla

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 Brayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • BaylaGod is my oath; a form of Bella or Bailey41 in the US (2017)
  • Braya31 in the US (2017)
  • Brayli12 in the US (2017)
  • Bryla10 in the US (2017)
  • Braylea7 in the US (2017)
  • Braylah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brayla

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