Brayson
Brayson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Paul Brayson, English footballer Óscar Brayson, Cuban judokaGiven nameBrayson "Bray" Hubbard, American football player
Meaning & Origin of Brayson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brayson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Paul Brayson, English footballer Óscar Brayson, Cuban judokaGiven nameBrayson "Bray" Hubbard, American football player
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The Story of Brayson
Brayson first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 218 Braysons were born — ranking #954 that year. As of 2026, Brayson ranks #2,274 for baby boys with 63 births, falling sharply (-54%). In total, more than 3K Braysons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Brayson
Brayson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Brayson's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #954. Use the chart and map above to compare Brayson'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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