Bryan — #305 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bryan

The Social Security Administration has registered 388,581 babies named Bryan between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bryan currently holds the #305 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8,717 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bryan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 80,504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bryan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 58,492 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bryan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bryan 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 388,581 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.