Fun Facts About the Name Brayleigh
- More than 2 thousand babies named Brayleigh: U.S. records list 2,444 babies given the name Brayleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Brayleigh Mean?
Brayleigh is a modern English name formed from two familiar name elements. The ending -leigh comes from the Old English word lēah, which meant "woodland clearing" or "meadow" and appears in many English place names and surnames, such as Leigh. The opening element Bray- is the less certain part. It is the same sound found in modern names like Brayden and Braylon and may be connected to the English surname Bray, which comes from one or more places in England bearing that name. Because the first element's derivation is not firmly established, the clearest part of the name's meaning is the second element: a clearing or meadow.
Brayleigh Name History & Origins
The -leigh in Brayleigh belongs to a long English tradition. Lēah was a common Old English word for a clearing in the woods, and it survives in hundreds of English place names, including Leigh, Berkeley, and Hadleigh. It also passed into surnames, and eventually into given names. Spelled -ley, -lee, or -leigh, this ending became especially common in girls' names in the later twentieth century, as seen in names such as Kayleigh, Ryleigh, and Ashleigh.
Brayleigh combines that ending with the Bray- sound, which entered modern naming largely through names such as Brayden and Braylon before appearing in -leigh forms. The -leigh spelling is a deliberate variant of the simpler -lee or -ley, giving the name a more decorative written form. As with other modern combinations in this style, the name developed from existing name elements rather than from a single older source name.
How Popular is the Name Brayleigh?
Brayleigh 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 2017. Its best rank was #1,219 in 2017.
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 | #2,756 | 62 | 0.0039% |
| 2024 | #2,322 | 79 | 0.0049% |
| 2023 | #1,761 | 116 | 0.0072% |
| 2022 | #1,603 | 132 | 0.0081% |
| 2021 | #1,386 | 158 | 0.0096% |
| 2020 | #1,517 | 140 | 0.0087% |
| 2019 | #1,342 | 170 | 0.0101% |
| 2018 | #1,284 | 178 | 0.0105% |
| 2017 | #1,219 | 197 | 0.0114% |
| 2016 | #1,388 | 168 | 0.0095% |
| 2015 | #1,354 | 175 | 0.0098% |
| 2014 | #1,289 | 185 | 0.0104% |
| 2013 | #1,604 | 134 | 0.0076% |
| 2012 | #1,576 | 138 | 0.0078% |
| 2011 | #2,146 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 2010 | #2,121 | 93 | 0.0052% |
| 2009 | #2,856 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2008 | #3,875 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #4,580 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #5,949 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #8,988 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #7,457 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #7,265 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #8,942 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #9,470 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #13,407 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #14,732 | 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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