Braylon
- Pronunciation
- [Bray-lon]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Braylon is a name traditionally given to a boy of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
About the Name Braylon
Braylon is a modern American invented name, formed by combining the popular Br- prefix (Bray, Brad, Brandon) with the popular -lon ending (Avalon, Devlon, Marlon). The name appears in SSA records starting in the 2000s and is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The name belongs to the broader contemporary American category of invented compound boys' names with the popular -lon/-don ending — alongside Camden, Brixton, Daxton, Easton, and Paxton. The Braylon spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more distinctive form than the simpler Brayden.
The name's most influential modern cultural anchor is American football star Braylon Edwards (born 1983, the iconic American NFL wide receiver who played for the Cleveland Browns 2005–2009 — anchoring the name in late-2000s American sports memory). Other notable bearers include various American basketball players named Braylon; the contemporary American basketball player Braylon Mullins; and the contemporary fictional Braylon of various contemporary novels.
Braylon's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2005 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by African-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the popular Br-prefix and -lon/-don ending family combination, the strong Braylon Edwards sports cultural anchor, and the modern visual presence. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames Bray (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Lon, and the rare Braylie each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Braylon, Brayden (a separate but related name), and Braelon have their own SSA tracking. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially modern American.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Braylon
US Popularity History (2004–2025)
Annual US births named Braylon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2009 with 1,695 boys named Braylon (boy rank #218 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #848 for boys (289 US births). That's 630 places below its 2009 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Braylon Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Braylon the strongest states are Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #188 | 178 |
| 2 | Alabama | #208 | 261 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #257 | 219 |
| 4 | West Virginia | #285 | 54 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #311 | 260 |
| 6 | Georgia | #319 | 358 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #346 | 317 |
| 8 | South Carolina | #361 | 129 |
| 9 | Arkansas | #368 | 66 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #381 | 74 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #1,086 | 85 |
| 2 | Washington | #835 | 33 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #786 | 74 |
| 4 | Minnesota | #741 | 35 |
| 5 | Illinois | #713 | 92 |
| 6 | Arizona | #661 | 34 |
| 7 | Florida | #593 | 250 |
| 8 | Colorado | #592 | 35 |
| 9 | Oregon | #584 | 17 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #580 | 58 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Braylon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Braylon against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).