Brycen — #753 US boys' name
13,706 babies named Brycen in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Brycen was born in this single decade.
999 babies were named Brycen in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brycen
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,706 babies named Brycen between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brycen currently holds the #753 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 999 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brycen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brycen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,016 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Brycen in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brycen 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 13,706 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.
Brycen at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Brycen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2011)
- 999
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #753 among boys.
13,706 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 999 births in a single year.
Brycen popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 2000 (Brycen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Brycen accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brycen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 7,348 births that decade — 54% of Brycen's all-time total
Brycen decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,348 births
- Runner-up 3,582 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brycen's strongest decade
7,348 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Brycen by state
Where Brycen concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,016 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 709 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 695 | 5.1% |
| #4 | California | | 662 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 618 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 578 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 528 | 3.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 526 | 3.8% |
1,016 of 13,706 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- Florida 5.1% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brycen appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1976–2024 (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.