Is Braylan a boy or girl name?

Braylan is a boy’s name. Of the 1,393 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.4% were girls and 95.6% were boys.

Braylan

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Braylan was most popular in 2011, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,309 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,279, with 20 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,393 people named Braylan.

Braylan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Braylan’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Braylan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Braylan is a boy’s name — 4.4% of the 1,393 Americans given it were girls and 95.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Braylan

Where Braylan is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org