Bryant
Bryant was given to 146 boys in 2025, #1,323 among boys’ names; 51,934 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 45,400 Americans named Bryant and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 23 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bryant by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bryant mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bryant is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈbɹaɪ.ənt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bryant?
#1,323 among boys’ names, 2025
Bryant fell from #626 in 2015 to #1,323 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.22 to 0.09 per 1,000.
1,742 babies in 1989, the peak
Bryant peaked in 1989, when 1,742 babies were given it (1,737 boys, #176 among boys’ names). The 146 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,323 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 176 | #1,177 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,094 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 254 | #908 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 309 | #795 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 400 | #657 | 0.23 |
| 2019 | 271 | #831 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 356 | #685 | 0.20 |
| 2017 | 466 | #583 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 467 | #587 | 0.25 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 426 | #626 | 0.22 |
| 2014 | 477 | #582 | 0.25 |
| 2013 | 481 | #551 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 557 | #485 | 0.29 |
| 2011 | 602 | #449 | 0.32 |
| 2010 | 621 | #438 | 0.32 |
| 2009 | 714 | #413 | 0.36 |
| 2008 | 728 | #404 | 0.36 |
| 2007 | 713 | #408 | 0.34 |
| 2006 | 771 | #388 | 0.38 |
| 2005 | 814 | #361 | 0.41 |
| 2004 | 972 | #318 | 0.49 |
| 2003 | 977 | #305 | 0.49 |
| 2002 | 952 | #306 | 0.49 |
| 2001 | 956 | #303 | 0.49 |
| 2000 | 903 | #318 | 0.46 |
| 1999 | 817 | #332 | 0.43 |
| 1998 | 896 | #311 | 0.47 |
| 1997 | 896 | #303 | 0.48 |
| 1996 | 859 | #309 | 0.45 |
| 1995 | 906 | #293 | 0.48 |
| 1994 | 874 | #304 | 0.45 |
| 1993 | 1,032 | #278 | 0.53 |
| 1992 | 1,083 | #262 | 0.54 |
| 1991 | 1,113 | #248 | 0.55 |
| 1990 | 1,493 | #204 | 0.73 |
| 1989 | 1,737 | #176 | 0.87 |
| 1988 | 1,714 | #164 | 0.90 |
| 1987 | 1,498 | #182 | 0.80 |
| 1986 | 897 | #250 | 0.49 |
| 1985 | 649 | #315 | 0.35 |
| 1984 | 617 | #316 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 693 | #290 | 0.39 |
| 1982 | 639 | #307 | 0.35 |
| 1981 | 605 | #315 | 0.34 |
| 1980 | 613 | #312 | 0.34 |
| 1979 | 574 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1978 | 564 | #315 | 0.34 |
| 1977 | 565 | #327 | 0.34 |
| 1976 | 539 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1975 | 494 | #347 | 0.32 |
| 1974 | 565 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1973 | 632 | #286 | 0.41 |
| 1972 | 716 | #270 | 0.44 |
| 1971 | 721 | #286 | 0.41 |
| 1970 | 781 | #272 | 0.42 |
| 1969 | 734 | #274 | 0.41 |
| 1968 | 677 | #283 | 0.39 |
| 1967 | 599 | #300 | 0.34 |
| 1966 | 537 | #322 | 0.30 |
| 1965 | 531 | #327 | 0.29 |
| 1964 | 493 | #353 | 0.25 |
| 1963 | 502 | #347 | 0.25 |
| 1962 | 451 | #380 | 0.22 |
| 1961 | 423 | #387 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 394 | #397 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 353 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 352 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 326 | #427 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 248 | #480 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 189 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 179 | #539 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 183 | #524 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 143 | #581 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 159 | #536 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 124 | #615 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 113 | #640 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 129 | #586 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 122 | #615 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 114 | #605 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 96 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 108 | #592 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 88 | #682 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 102 | #626 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 63 | #787 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 105 | #579 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 78 | #671 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 87 | #641 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 72 | #706 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 73 | #691 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 84 | #647 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 88 | #637 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 73 | #703 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 89 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 76 | #689 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 60 | #844 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 83 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 83 | #695 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 74 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 90 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 93 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 89 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 77 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 86 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 102 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 105 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 74 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 82 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 56 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 58 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 62 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 54 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 39 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 26 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 20 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 27 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 12 | #848 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 23 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 15 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 11 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 11 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 14 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 10 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 11 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 11 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 24 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1899 | 16 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 22 | #421 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 23 | #392 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 26 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 7 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 11 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 14 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 18 | #463 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 11 | #568 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 14 | #514 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 11 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 16 | #485 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 6 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 9 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 18 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 6 | #866 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 5 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 13 | #516 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 9 | #603 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 16 | #444 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bryant a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bryant has been given almost only to boys: 237 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Bryant: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bryant, and how old are they?
45,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 51,934 Americans ever recorded as Bryant. The median Bryant alive today is 35 years old; half are between 23 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 37,663 people named Bryant (191 women and girls, 37,472 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 45,310 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 308 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,550 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 15,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bryant born?
The states with the most babies named Bryant are Florida, California and Texas, with 55% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 19 | #778 | 0.9× |
| California | 16 | #1,208 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 12 | #1,492 | 0.7× |
| Alabama | 8 | #580 | 1.9× |
| New York | 7 | #1,436 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,119 | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 7 | #890 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,299 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 5 | #963 | 0.8× |
Where Bryant is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bryant is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bryant with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 53,153 babies since 1880, Bryant is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 146 of their 146 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bryant
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bryant and names like it
- Compare Bryant and BriantBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sBryant peaked in 1989.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bryant since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Bryant: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Bryant.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Bryant alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with BMost given first.