Braylon
Braylon is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Braylon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Braylon 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 Braylon
American parents first put Braylon on the record books as a baby boy name in 1981, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 1,695 Braylons were born — ranking #218 that year. About 48% of every Braylon on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Braylon ranks #771 for baby boys with 333 births, falling sharply (-27%). All told, over 19K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Braylon
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About the name Braylon
Braylon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Braylon's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #218. Use the chart and map above to compare Braylon'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.