Bryan Boy
How popular is Bryan?
#336 boy name in 2025
1,005 baby boys were named Bryan in the US in 2025, making it the 336th most popular boy name.
Bryan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #336 for boys (▼ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,005 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #166 in 2015, #259 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (8,717 boys) |
| Highest rank | #42 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bryan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bryan family of names ranked #194 for boys in 2025 (#179 the year before), with 2,017 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bryan is most popular
Babies named Bryan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 2.1 per 1,000 (295 boys)
- Florida: 1.5 per 1,000 (698 boys)
- New Jersey: 1.0 per 1,000 (209 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (108 boys)
Bryan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #798 |
| 1890s | 405 | #116 |
| 1900s | 197 | #277 |
| 1910s | 462 | #663 |
| 1920s | 1,162 | #497 |
| 1930s | 1,295 | #428 |
| 1940s | 3,976 | #249 |
| 1950s | 20,628 | #94 |
| 1960s | 55,304 | #51 |
| 1970s | 71,338 | #42 |
| 1980s | 80,502 | #47 |
| 1990s | 59,751 | #57 |
| 2000s | 61,930 | #64 |
| 2010s | 25,694 | #97 |
| 2020s | 6,934 | #259 |
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Questions
- Is Bryan a boy or girl name?
- Bryan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bryan were boys.
- How popular is the name Bryan?
- 1,005 baby boys were named Bryan in the US in 2025, making it the 336th most popular boy name.
- When was Bryan most popular?
- Bryan peaked in 1985, when 8,717 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #42 in 1977.
- How many people are named Bryan?
- 391,306 babies have been named Bryan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 357,136 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Bryan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bryan was most common in Massachusetts, at 2.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.