Brynleigh

What Brynleigh means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2001, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Brynleigh?

US: Rising: up from #1162 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 385 girls got the name (#751 that year). First in the US records in 2001.

How common

• About 1 in 4,755 baby girls 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 (1.58 per 1,000 girls), AR (1.32 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Brynleigh is #807 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Brynleigh were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brynnleigh69 US
• Brinleigh44 US
• Brenleigh36 US
• Brynlei8 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 Brynleigh

Girls

• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*

For a brother

• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025

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 Brynleigh’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.