Braylon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 631 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
631
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#848
down from #727
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Braylon has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#321#620#918201520202025#848

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YearUS rank
2015#391
2016#425
2017#474
2018#554
2019#613
2020#533
2021#481
2022#584
2023#633
2024#727
2025#848

Braylon by the numbers

Braylon was given to 631 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,692 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Braylon

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

  • Braydonbroad hill; modern spelling of Braden338 in the US (2017)
  • Braysonson of Bray; a form of Brayden218 in the US (2017)
  • Braytonbroad settlement or broad town53 in the US (2017)
  • Braylanbroad hill; a modern spelling of Braden or Braydon44 in the US (2017)
  • Braylen762 in the US (2017)
  • Braylin213 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Braylon

Names that are said the same way as Braylon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Braylon

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