Brayton
#2,727 most common boys' name of all time · #6,563 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#2,727
Rank overall
#6,563 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,528
Since 2016
453
Peak year
2012 #1,518
Best rank
#1,282 1996
Girls
Boys
peak 106/yr
Brayton first appears in 1916. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,972 |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2023 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 2022 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,531 |
| 2021 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,703 |
| 2020 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,514 |
| 2019 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,500 |
| 2018 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,515 |
| 2017 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,423 |
| 2016 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,091 |
| 2015 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,580 |
| 2013 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,737 |
| 2012 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,518 |
| 2011 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,721 |
| 2010 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,681 |
| 2009 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,779 |
| 2008 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,880 |
| 2007 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,764 |
| 2006 | 6 | 70 | 76 | #1,926 |
| 2005 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,530 |
| 2004 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,734 |
| 2003 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,531 |
| 2002 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,531 |
| 2001 | 5 | 77 | 82 | #1,566 |
| 2000 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,414 |
| 1999 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,507 |
| 1998 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,538 |
| 1997 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,315 |
| 1996 | 6 | 86 | 92 | #1,282 |
| 1995 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,712 |
| 1994 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,901 |
| 1993 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,222 |
| 1992 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,943 |
| 1991 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,016 |
| 1990 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,094 |
| 1989 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,246 |
| 1988 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,410 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,577 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,494 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,134 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,661 |
| 1983 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,288 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,056 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,104 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,997 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,385 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,552 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,740 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,644 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,186 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,543 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,564 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,313 |