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.

Brailyn**

#5,434 most common girls' name of all time · #9,208 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1995–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#5,434
Rank overall
#9,208 of 105,966
First appeared
1995
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
1,481
Since 2016
492
Peak year
2014 #2,487
Best rank
#2,487 2014
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
20002020

Brailyn first appears in 1995. 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 20 12 32 #6,038
2024 32 14 46 #4,451
2023 22 16 38 #5,667
2022 27 12 39 #4,980
2021 26 10 36 #5,042
2020 37 17 54 #3,893
2019 35 10 45 #4,137
2018 33 19 52 #4,321
2017 54 18 72 #3,046
2016 53 25 78 #3,134
2015 53 20 73 #3,167
2014 73 25 98 #2,487
2013 68 26 94 #2,623
2012 64 33 97 #2,762
2011 60 24 84 #2,897
2010 71 24 95 #2,584
2009 56 25 81 #3,081
2008 67 22 89 #2,748
2007 46 13 59 #3,590
2006 27 18 45 #5,214
2005 20 11 31 #6,203
2004 21 21 #5,928
2003 14 6 20 #7,900
2002 16 16 #6,999
2001 24 24 #4,999
2000 21 21 #5,481
1999 11 11 #8,731
1998 9 9 #10,017
1997 6 6 #13,397
1996 10 10 #8,794
1995 5 5 #15,318