Bryson Boy
How popular is Bryson?
#152 boy name in 2025
2,416 baby boys were named Bryson in the US in 2025, making it the 152nd most popular boy name.
Bryson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #152 for boys (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,416 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #133 in 2015, #115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (4,679 boys) |
| Highest rank | #86 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bryson counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bryson family of names ranked #158 for boys in 2025 (#151 the year before), with 2,505 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 Bryson is most popular
Babies named Bryson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 4.2 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Alabama: 4.0 per 1,000 (440 boys)
- Mississippi: 3.9 per 1,000 (223 boys)
- West Virginia: 3.8 per 1,000 (124 boys)
- South Carolina: 3.0 per 1,000 (307 boys)
Bryson by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,914 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,302 |
| 1930s | 85 | #1,889 |
| 1940s | 112 | #1,763 |
| 1950s | 109 | #1,844 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,835 |
| 1970s | 470 | #838 |
| 1980s | 2,189 | #518 |
| 1990s | 5,919 | #277 |
| 2000s | 19,067 | #152 |
| 2010s | 38,648 | #86 |
| 2020s | 16,371 | #115 |
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Questions
- Is Bryson a boy or girl name?
- Bryson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bryson were boys.
- How popular is the name Bryson?
- 2,416 baby boys were named Bryson in the US in 2025, making it the 152nd most popular boy name.
- When was Bryson most popular?
- Bryson peaked in 2017, when 4,679 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #86 in 2017.
- How many people are named Bryson?
- 83,525 babies have been named Bryson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 82,276 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Bryson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bryson was most common in Delaware, at 4.2 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.