Recorded 1988–2016 Boys' name Peak 2003 36 births

Bry — boys' name

36 babies named Bry in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s152000s62010s10
1990s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Bry was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

6 babies were named Bry in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bry

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Bry between 1988 and 2016, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bry currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bry performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bry shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bry in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Bry at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

36

Since 1988

29 years of records

Peak year

2003

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1988

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2016

Bry popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1988

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2003)
6
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
4.555.566.5 2016201020031998199319901988 5

Bry by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
15 births that decade — 42% of Bry's all-time total
1980s51990s152000s62010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bry?
36 babies have been named Bry since 1988. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2003 with 6 births.
When was Bry most popular?
Bry was most popular in the 1990s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Bry been used?
Bry has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 29 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Bry?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bryan, Bryce, Bryson, Bryant, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.