Braylon

What Braylon means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Braylon yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #392 in 2015, #848 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Braylon?

US: Falling: down from #392 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,695 boys got the name (#218 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 5,910 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.3 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.92 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.7 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Braylon is #848 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.3% of US babies named Braylon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Braylen366 US · 4 E&W
• Braylin70 US
• Braelyn39 US
• Braelon32 US
• Brylen21 US
• Braylan20 US
• Braylyn16 US
• Brylan16 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Braylon

Boys

• Landon#127“long + hill”^*
• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Eva#134Editor’s note Down from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Braylon’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.