Brayton is an uncommon variant of Brayden that peaked in 2012 and has since faded.
Brayton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,964 for boy births in the United States (and #8,476 across all names), given to 27 babies. Brayton first appears in 1916 and peaked in 2012 (106 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,964 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,338 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,127 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,523 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,698 |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,513 |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,492 |
| 2018 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,511 |
| 2017 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,423 |
| 2016 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,090 |
| 2015 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,830 |
| 2014 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,737 |
| 2012 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,515 |
| 2011 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,722 |
| 2010 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,776 |
| 2008 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,876 |
| 2007 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,761 |
| 2006 | 76 | 76 | #15,447 | #1,922 |
| 2005 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,526 |
| 2004 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,734 |
| 2003 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,529 |
| 2002 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,530 |
| 2001 | 82 | 82 | #15,721 | #1,565 |
| 2000 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,409 |
| 1999 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,506 |
| 1998 | 70 | 70 | — | #1,537 |
| 1997 | 87 | — | — | #1,310 |
| 1996 | 92 | — | #12,036 | #1,278 |
| 1995 | 52 | — | — | #1,707 |
| 1994 | 49 | — | #13,715 | #1,897 |
| 1993 | 35 | — | — | #2,217 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | — | #3,002 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | — | #3,066 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | — | #3,216 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | — | #3,373 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | — | #3,547 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | — | #3,464 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,083 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | — | #4,606 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | — | #3,253 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #3,994 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | — | #3,048 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,903 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,557 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,197 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,387 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,363 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,487 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,318 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,010 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,226 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,250 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #3,971 |