Bryen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bryen

The Social Security Administration has registered 432 babies named Bryen between 1966 and 2023, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bryen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bryen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bryen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bryen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bryen 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 432 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.