Brayton
Recorded 1916–2025 · United States
Brayton was most popular in 2012, when 106 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,350 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,528 people named Brayton.
Brayton over time
How old is the name Brayton?
Brayton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1916, which makes it about 109 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 110 years since.
How many people are named Brayton?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,528 American births named Brayton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,448 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Brayton in 2025?
27 American babies were named Brayton in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.
Is Brayton getting more or less popular?
Brayton is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 36 births a year, against 91 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -61% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Brayton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Brayton is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 2,528 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
How old is someone named Brayton?
Roughly 2,448 Americans named Brayton are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 12 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Brayton 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