Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Brailey

#6,314 most common girls' name of all time · #10,648 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1994–2025

Rank among girls
#6,314
Rank overall
#10,648 of 105,966
First appeared
1994
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
1,181
Since 2016
321
Peak year
2012 #2,371
Best rank
#2,371 2012
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
20002020

Brailey first appears in 1994. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 12 #8,595
2024 17 17 #6,792
2023 25 25 #5,202
2022 24 24 #5,392
2021 25 25 #5,171
2020 29 29 #4,614
2019 44 44 #3,539
2018 53 53 #3,093
2017 44 44 #3,538
2016 48 48 #3,365
2015 51 51 #3,247
2014 55 55 #3,072
2013 68 68 #2,621
2012 79 79 #2,371
2011 75 75 #2,452
2010 61 61 #2,863
2009 77 77 #2,482
2008 57 57 #3,050
2007 51 51 #3,322
2006 42 42 #3,723
2005 39 39 #3,798
2004 31 31 #4,475
2003 28 28 #4,652
2002 37 37 #3,648
2001 21 21 #5,539
2000 17 5 22 #6,452
1999 17 17 #6,160
1998 13 13 #7,491
1997 9 9 #9,690
1996 11 11 #8,101
1995 6 6 #13,099
1994 10 10 #8,781