Braelynn
Braelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Braelynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Braelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Braelynn
Braelynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 808 births, good for #412 nationwide. About 59% of every Braelynn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Braelynn ranks #945 for baby girls with 275 births, falling sharply (-47%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Braelynn
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About the name Braelynn
Braelynn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Braelynn's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #389. Use the chart and map above to compare Braelynn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.