Bryce
Bryce was given to 919 boys in 2025, #357 among boys’ names; 127,695 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 122,000 Americans named Bryce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 14 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bryce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bryce mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bryce is “a male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Brice.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bryce?
#357 among boys’ names, 2025
Bryce fell from #131 in 2015 to #357 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.6 to 0.54 per 1,000.
4,437 babies in 2000, the peak
Bryce peaked in 2000, when 4,437 babies were given it (4,319 boys, #92 among boys’ names). The 995 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 22% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 919 | #357 | 0.54 |
| 2024 | 1,132 | #296 | 0.66 |
| 2023 | 1,353 | #258 | 0.79 |
| 2022 | 1,302 | #265 | 0.75 |
| 2021 | 1,423 | #250 | 0.81 |
| 2020 | 1,570 | #234 | 0.91 |
| 2019 | 1,942 | #203 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 2,244 | #175 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2,396 | #166 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2,843 | #147 | 1.5 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,131 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 3,118 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 3,353 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 3,184 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 3,360 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 3,470 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,711 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | 3,662 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | 3,939 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 3,974 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 3,904 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 2004 | 4,024 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 2003 | 4,127 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 2002 | 4,068 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 4,150 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 2000 | 4,319 | #92 | 2.2 |
| 1999 | 4,148 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 4,053 | #94 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 3,352 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | 3,090 | #120 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 2,420 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,341 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1993 | 1,971 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1992 | 1,830 | #175 | 0.92 |
| 1991 | 1,732 | #183 | 0.86 |
| 1990 | 1,818 | #169 | 0.89 |
| 1989 | 1,635 | #181 | 0.82 |
| 1988 | 1,586 | #179 | 0.83 |
| 1987 | 1,354 | #195 | 0.73 |
| 1986 | 1,218 | #201 | 0.66 |
| 1985 | 984 | #236 | 0.53 |
| 1984 | 838 | #257 | 0.46 |
| 1983 | 708 | #287 | 0.39 |
| 1982 | 635 | #311 | 0.35 |
| 1981 | 663 | #296 | 0.37 |
| 1980 | 658 | #302 | 0.37 |
| 1979 | 536 | #338 | 0.31 |
| 1978 | 521 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1977 | 524 | #341 | 0.32 |
| 1976 | 447 | #361 | 0.28 |
| 1975 | 474 | #354 | 0.30 |
| 1974 | 397 | #388 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 404 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1972 | 466 | #360 | 0.29 |
| 1971 | 263 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1970 | 275 | #489 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 222 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 195 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 181 | #555 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 193 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 191 | #556 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 196 | #564 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 201 | #557 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 205 | #549 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 162 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 186 | #570 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 166 | #601 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 159 | #609 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 143 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 190 | #551 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 146 | #613 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 156 | #589 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 146 | #597 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 138 | #599 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 138 | #589 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 124 | #616 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 99 | #687 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 110 | #642 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 108 | #663 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 112 | #609 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 72 | #718 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 57 | #834 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 88 | #683 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 64 | #807 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 63 | #788 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 68 | #743 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 57 | #805 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 68 | #743 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 67 | #744 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 63 | #768 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 68 | #741 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 71 | #725 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 59 | #800 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 93 | #617 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 74 | #703 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 83 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 67 | #788 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 75 | #739 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 71 | #781 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 71 | #769 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 87 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 87 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 79 | #733 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 92 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 128 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 115 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 62 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 53 | #909 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,227 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,624 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,292 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bryce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 127,695 Americans recorded as Bryce, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 76 girls and 919 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Bryce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bryce, and how old are they?
122,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 127,695 Americans ever recorded as Bryce. The median Bryce alive today is 22 years old; half are between 14 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 107,825 people named Bryce (2,989 women and girls, 104,836 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 115,356 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 237 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,980 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,420 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 24,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 62,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 27,500 |
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 Bryce born?
The states with the most babies named Bryce are Florida, California and Texas, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 85 | #242 | 1.0× |
| California | 83 | #423 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 76 | #494 | 0.8× |
| New York | 61 | #301 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 52 | #236 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 37 | #328 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 37 | #255 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 36 | #276 | 1.2× |
| Virginia | 29 | #290 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 29 | #385 | 0.7× |
Where Bryce is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bryce is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 Bryce 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 143,811 babies since 1880, Bryce is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 995 of their 1,037 babies (96%), 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 Bryce
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 Bryce and names like it
- Compare Bryce and BriceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sBryce peaked in 2000.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bryce since 1910.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Bryce.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Bryce alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with BMost given first.