Brylan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 45 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
45
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brylan by the numbers

Brylan was given to 45 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 93 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Brylan

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

Sounds like Brylan

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

Names about as common as Brylan

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