Brayant
Of Old German origin, meaning dweller near a meadow or open field.
Name Census estimates that about 282 living Americans carry the first name Brayant. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Brayant today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Brayant births was 2003 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Brayant. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
282
~ 1 in 1,215,441 Americans
Peak year
2003
24 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2022 SSA rank
#11,067
Tracked since 1986
Census
Brayant in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 282 people with the first name Brayant, which placed it at #30,717 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,717
National first-name rank
People counted
282
282 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
84.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Brayant
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Brayant is Hispanic at 84.0%. The next largest groups are Black (8.2%) and White (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Brayant described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Brayant at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino84.0% · 237
- Black or African American8.2% · 23
- White5.3% · 15
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 4
- Two or more races1.1% · 3
Popularity
Brayant: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Brayant from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 161 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Brayant by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Brayant during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Brayants live
Origin
Meaning and history of Brayant
The name Brayant is a variant spelling of the name Bryant, which has its origins in the Old English language. It is derived from the Old English words "burn" and "hynt," which together mean "someone who lived near a stream." The name first appeared in England in the 7th or 8th century AD.
One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Bryant the Black, who was a Norman knight and landowner in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the 12th century. He was mentioned in several historical records from that time period.
In the 13th century, there was a notable English cleric named Bryant of Norfolk, who served as the Bishop of Bangor between 1266 and 1307. He was known for his involvement in various ecclesiastical disputes and his writings on canon law.
During the Renaissance period, a famous Italian scholar and humanist named Bryantius Matthaeus lived from 1445 to 1508. He was a renowned teacher and writer who contributed to the revival of classical learning in Italy.
In the 17th century, an English playwright and poet named William Bryant gained recognition for his works, including the tragedy "The Patriot" and the poem "The Battle of Agincourt." He was born in 1572 and died in 1644.
Another notable bearer of the name was William Cullen Bryant, an American romantic poet and journalist who lived from 1794 to 1878. He is best known for his poems "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl," and his work as the editor of the New York Evening Post.
These are a few examples of individuals throughout history who have carried the name Brayant or its variant spellings, highlighting its long-standing presence across various cultures and time periods.
People
Brayant + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Brayant as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with B
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Brayant: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Brayant?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 282 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Brayant going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,215,441 US residents.
Is Brayant a common name?
We classify Brayant as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 287 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Brayant most popular?
The single biggest year for Brayant was 2003, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Brayant is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Brayant in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 282 people with the name Brayant, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,717 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Brayant in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Brayant?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Brayant leans strongly male. 280 people counted with this name were male (97.2%), compared with 8 female bearers (2.8%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Brayant?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Brayant is Hispanic at 84.0%. The next largest groups are Black (8.2%) and White (5.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Brayant most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Brayant in the 2020 Census, accounting for 84.0% (237 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Brayant in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Brayant a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Brayant in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Brayant still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Brayant in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Brayant can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Brayant as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people have the name Brayant, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.