Girls' name · peaked in 2021
Brynlee name popularity since 1925
22,250 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brynlee. Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Brynlee is about 8 years old in 2026. Brynlee peaked in 2021 as the #188 name for girls, and it ranked #243 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,250
- Named Brynlee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #243
- for girls in 2025 (1,282 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 22,229 girls · 21 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 6.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Brynlee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brynlee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2019. Measured as a share of all babies, Brynlee peaked in 2021.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Brynlee became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 10,100 baby girls to 1 in 2,080.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Brynlee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brynlee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brynlee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 57 | 0 | #13,739 |
| 2000s | 1,638 | 0 | #1,553 |
| 2010s | 12,193 | 15 | #244 |
| 2020–25 | 8,341 | 6 | #243 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
81.6% of babies named Brynlee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Brynlee is most popular
The index compares Brynlee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brynlee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6.52× | 1,209 |
| Idaho | 5.53× | 479 |
| Oklahoma | 2.33× | 661 |
| Nebraska | 2.24× | 342 |
| Iowa | 2.10× | 582 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brynlee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brynlee (this page) | 22,229 | 2021 |
| Brynley | 3,425 | 2017 |
| Brinlee | 2,850 | 2022 |
| Brynnlee | 1,962 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brynlee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brynlee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brynlee (2021).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data