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Origin & history of Bray1
ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Bray comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Strength or exalted one.
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How popular is Bray?
2024
peak year
Bray first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1970. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2024, 46 babies received the name (ranked #2789). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #3795), with roughly 34 babies named Bray each year. Bray has been trending upward in recent years. In total, around 757 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
46
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #2,789)
(ranked #2,789)
34
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
340
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
757
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Bray1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
🌟Natural leader
⚡Independent
🔥Ambitious
💎Original thinker
B2
R9
A1
Y7
Sum: 19 → Life path 1
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Personality of Bray🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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