Braley
Braley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Berton Braley (1882–1966), American poet Bruce Braley, the Democratic Congressman for Iowa's first Congressional District Callum Braley, English rugby union player David Braley (1941–2020), Canadian sports tycoon and senator Scott Braley, leftist activist and regional organizer for the Michigan State University's chapter of the SDS
Meaning & Origin of Braley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Braley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Berton Braley (1882–1966), American poet Bruce Braley, the Democratic Congressman for Iowa's first Congressional District Callum Braley, English rugby union player David Braley (1941–2020), Canadian sports tycoon and senator Scott Braley, leftist activist and regional organizer for the Michigan State University's chapter of the SDS
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The Story of Braley
American parents first put Braley on the record books as a baby girl name in 1993, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2011, when 24 Braleys were born — ranking #5,542 that year. About 41% of every Braley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Braley last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 311 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Braley
Braley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 311 births in the dataset. Braley's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #5,542. Use the chart and map above to compare Braley'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 .
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