Girls' name · since 1926
Bryna
Bryna has 1,441 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,441
- born since 1926
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bryna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,441 have been recorded since 1926.
Bryna has 1,441 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2021.
- #5,852 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,441 born since 1926
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bryna ranks #5,852 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,441 born since 1926, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,441
- born since 1926
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bryna's 1,441 recorded births place it above 91.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Bryna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bryna's full recorded timeline at 1977, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bryna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2021
- Peak year (2003)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Bryna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (252 births, 17% of the file).
1980s was Bryna's strongest decade.
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Bryna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 37
1930s
37 births
- 1940s
1940s
120 births
- 1950s 76
1950s
76 births
- 1960s 89
1960s
89 births
- 1970s
1970s
216 births
- 1980s
1980s
252 births
- 1990s
1990s
208 births
- 2000s
2000s
247 births
- 2010s
2010s
167 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 252 births (17% of all-time use).
How Bryna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bryna's total volume
Bryna by state
Where Bryna concentrates geographically, total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 47 | 3.3% |
| #2 | California | | 46 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 9 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.5% |
47 of 1,441 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Bryna's data
- Bryna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (252 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Brynas (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bryna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~95 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1926–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bryna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.