Fun Facts About the Name Braylei
- 171 babies named Braylei: U.S. records list 171 babies given the name Braylei from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Braylei Mean?
Braylei is a modern English spelling variant of Braylee. It has no separate traditional meaning of its own; its sense is usually traced to the English surname Brayley (also spelled Brailey), a habitational name from a place whose name is generally explained as Old English bræg 'marsh' plus lēah 'woodland clearing, meadow.' The literal sense is 'clearing by the marsh' or 'marsh clearing.' The final -lei is a recent phonetic respelling of the -lee/-leigh ending and is not the Hawaiian word lei.
Braylei Name History & Origins
Braylei belongs to a group of modern English feminine spellings that adapt surname-derived names. The surname Brayley/Brailey is English and is usually treated as habitational, from a place name. As a given name, Braylei is closely related to Braylee, Brayleigh, and Brailey; the -lei ending is a later spelling variation. Its development is a matter of modern spelling choice and feminine use, not an inherited Old English personal name.
How Popular is the Name Braylei?
Braylei has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #7,035 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,324 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #12,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #7,307 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #7,035 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #8,552 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,672 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,076 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #12,710 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,084 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #11,970 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,585 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #9,643 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #10,383 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #9,825 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #10,527 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #13,701 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #17,757 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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