Brayton
Brayton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 240.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2012106 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1916
- 2,479people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,479 boys have been named Brayton in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 106 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Brayton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1920s | 14 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 6 | |
| 1960s | 12 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 114 | |
| 1990s | 513 | |
| 2000s | 812 | |
| 2010s | 773 | |
| 2020s | 202 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Brayton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Brayton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keatonpeak 2007
- Raycepeak 2012
- Kollinpeak 2009
- Tristianpeak 2010
- Zarekpeak 1999
- Tyrenpeak 2006
- Aleczanderpeak 2013
- Calebpeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.