Braulio
Masculine · “shining”
Braulio is a Spanish name of Germanic origin, and its likeliest root is a word for a burning brand — the same element as in Brand and Hildebrand.
How old is the name Braulio?
Braulio first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Braulio alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 4,800 people named Braulio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Braulio most popular?
Braulio peaked in 2005, reaching #784 nationally. Today it ranks #2125, 1,341 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From brand to Braulio
The story of Braulio
Braulio was bishop of Zaragoza in the seventh century, a correspondent of Isidore of Seville and a figure of the Visigothic church — so the name is documented in Spain before the Muslim conquest. It has stayed in Spanish use since and appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
shining, burning
Generally traced to a Germanic root brand or braun, 'burning brand' or 'gleaming'. A Greek derivation from braulos is also proposed. Neither is fully established. Braulio of Zaragoza carried it in the seventh century, which fixes the name's antiquity in Spain.
How the name formed
- brand
- Braulio
Related forms: Braulio · Bráulio · Braulio
Pronouncing Braulio
BROW-lyoh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish keeps the io as a single glide.
Nicknames for Braulio
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 2004208 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #784reached in 2005
- Change vs 2023
- −6.8%68 in 2025, from 73
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Braulio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Braulio in Spanish — same name
- Bráulio in Portuguese — same name
- Braulio in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Illinois.
Braulios among us
people named Braulio are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,119 born in 2025 was named Braulio
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Isidro test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Braulio's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Isidro climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Isidro's path sketches the road Braulio is walking now.
Braulio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Braulio is headed
Braulio should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Braulio beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Braulio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A seventh-century bishop and correspondent of Isidore carries it.
- The burning-brand reading is vivid where it holds.
- It has a continuous Spanish record over fourteen centuries.
- The origin is genuinely unsettled.
- It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking and traditional.
- English speakers split the io into two syllables.
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Frequently asked
- How many Braulios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,800 people named Braulio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Braulio in 2025?
- Braulio ranks #2125 among US boy names in 2025, with 68 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Braulio?
- About 1 in every 25,119 US boys born in 2025 was named Braulio — 68 in all.
- Will my child share the name Braulio with classmates?
- Braulio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Braulio
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