girls' name ★ peaked 2019

Brynlee

Meaning Modern fanciful spelling of Brinley Gender Girl Rank 2025 #243 Trend ↓ Falling 13%

Modern fanciful spelling of Brinley.

Rank 2025
#243
among girls · ↓13 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,282
named Brynlee · -5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,254
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2019
1,583 babies
All-time total
22,250
#989 all-time among girls
First recorded
1995
in Social Security records

Brynlee popularity over time

22,250 babies have been named Brynlee since 1995, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s – – – – – –
1980s – – – – – –
1990s 57 – 57 6 – #4,597
2000s 1,638 – 1,638 164 +2774% #681
2010s 12,193 15 12,208 1,221 +645% #187
2020s (to 2025) 8,341 6 8,347 1,391 +14% #188

Where Brynlee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,258 0.78 #248
2027 1,238 0.77 #250
2028 1,221 0.76 #252
2029 1,207 0.75 #255
2030 1,195 0.74 #259

Where Brynlee is most popular

Girls named Brynlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.843 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Brynlee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 25 5.86 +596%
South Dakota 62 4.34 +415%
North Dakota 56 4.26 +405%
West Virginia 99 3.78 +348%
Montana 51 3.77 +347%
Iowa 181 3.10 +267%
Idaho 98 2.93 +247%
Nebraska 100 2.78 +230%
Kentucky 217 2.54 +201%
Kansas 142 2.46 +192%
Arkansas 118 2.23 +165%
Oklahoma 157 2.13 +153%
Wisconsin 211 2.05 +143%
Missouri 240 1.99 +136%
Minnesota 191 1.77 +110%
Alabama 159 1.69 +101%
Mississippi 75 1.60 +90%
Indiana 222 1.58 +88%
Ohio 366 1.54 +83%
Utah 123 1.48 +75%
Oregon 93 1.43 +69%
Louisiana 125 1.43 +69%
Michigan 260 1.43 +69%
Pennsylvania 336 1.42 +69%
Tennessee 225 1.42 +68%
South Carolina 115 1.28 +52%
Maine 19 1.23 +46%
Arizona 166 1.18 +40%
Colorado 124 1.11 +32%
Vermont 5 1.03 +22%
Delaware 11 0.970 +15%
Washington 139 0.962 +14%
Nevada 44 0.947 +12%
North Carolina 210 0.922 +9%
New Mexico 20 0.822 ≈ national
Illinois 188 0.821 ≈ national
Georgia 181 0.797 -5%
Texas 614 0.763 -9%
Virginia 111 0.651 -23%
Maryland 68 0.642 -24%
Florida 254 0.594 -30%
Alaska 5 0.581 -31%
New Hampshire 9 0.487 -42%
New York 155 0.391 -54%
Connecticut 20 0.344 -59%
New Jersey 59 0.327 -61%
California 273 0.325 -61%
Massachusetts 39 0.323 -62%
District of Columbia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Rhode Island – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Brynlee

Brynlee is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #243 in 2025 with 1,282 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1995, 22,250 American babies have been named Brynlee. Its peak came in 2019, when 1,583 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Brynlee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Brynlee?

The median living Brynlee is about 7 years old; half are between 4 and 11. An estimated 22 thousand people named Brynlee are alive in the United States today.

median 7 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Brynlee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,282 #243 – –
2024 1,343 #230 – –
2023 1,214 #256 – –
2022 1,424 #203 – –
2021 1,577 #188 6 #11,008
2020 1,501 #191 – –
2019 1,578 #187 5 #12,448
2018 1,463 #210 – –
2017 1,417 #218 – –
2016 1,434 #223 – –
2015 1,319 #244 – –
2014 1,399 #235 5 #12,366
2013 1,185 #269 – –
2012 966 #324 – –
2011 846 #379 5 #12,558
2010 586 #511 – –
2009 427 #681 – –
2008 307 #903 – –
2007 225 #1,142 – –
2006 188 #1,276 – –
2005 131 #1,553 – –
2004 111 #1,735 – –
2003 93 #1,950 – –
2002 61 #2,560 – –
2001 47 #3,015 – –
2000 48 #2,951 – –
1995 5 #13,739 – –
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Brynlee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Brynlee?

The median living Brynlee is about 7 years old. Half of all living Brynlees are between 4 and 11 years old.

How many people named Brynlee are alive today?

An estimated 22 thousand people named Brynlee are alive in the United States, based on 22,250 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Brynlee mean?

Modern fanciful spelling of Brinley.

How popular is the name Brynlee in 2025?

Brynlee ranked #243 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,282 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Brynlee?

22,250 babies have been named Brynlee in the United States since 1995, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Brynlee most popular?

Brynlee peaked in 2019, when 1,583 newborns received the name.

Is Brynlee a boy or girl name?

Brynlee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Brynlee rising or falling?

Brynlee has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Brynlee become more popular?

Brynlee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,195 girls named Brynlee in 2030, which would rank around #259. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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