Given name & surname
Brayan
Brayan is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Spanish and Azerbaijani.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brayan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,558
- 16,540 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,151 babies
- 2025
- 334
- #768 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 334 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 768 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,151 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,239 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brayan’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Brayan has a related form in Brian. In Spanish usage, Brayan was borrowed from the English form Brian. In Azerbaijani usage, Brayan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bryan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brayan
- Brayan PereaColombian footballer (born 1993)
- Brayan BeckelesHonduran footballerborn 1985
- Brayan AnguloColombian footballerborn 1989
- Brayan CortésChilean association football playerborn 1995
- Brayan GarcíaHonduran association football playerborn 1993
- Brayan RamírezHonduran footballerborn 1994
- Brayan RiascosColombian footballerborn 1994
- Brayan RamírezColombian cyclistborn 1992
- Brayan VeraColombian association football playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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