boy's name

Brayan

  • Origin Latin American Spanish
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 20,840

the United States

#768

2025 births

Brayan is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 334 babies in the United States, ranking #768. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Brayan is a name of Latin American Spanish origin.
  • Peaked in 2006, when 1,151 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,926 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1979.

Brayan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

8,567
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Brayan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 92
1990s 1,322
2000s 8,567
2010s 4,745
2020s (to 2025) 1,827

How popular is Brayan?

In 2025, Brayan was given to 334 babies in the United States, ranking #768 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Brayan is used

Ireland #658 4 in 2010
United States #768 334 in 2025
France #882 45 in 2025
England & Wales #1,933 13 in 2025
Canada #3,370 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Brayan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Brayan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brayan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Brayan in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Polish
Brajan
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Braian

Sibling names for Brayan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brayan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Brayan

How popular is the name Brayan?

In 2025, Brayan was given to 334 babies in the United States, ranking #768 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Brayan a girl's or a boy's name?

Brayan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Brayan most popular?

Brayan peaked in 2006, when 1,151 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Brayan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Brayan currently ranks #768 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.