Brynn — #384 US girls' name
29,046 babies named Brynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Brynn was born in this single decade.
1,665 babies were named Brynn in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 29,046 babies named Brynn between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brynn currently holds the #384 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 1,665 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12,910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Brynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brynn in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brynn 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 29,046 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.
Brynn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Brynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1943
- Peak year (2011)
- 1,665
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
Currently ranks #384 among girls.
29,046 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 1,665 births in a single year.
Brynn popularity over time — boys
388 total births recorded since 1962 (Brynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Brynn accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Brynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 12,910 births that decade — 44% of Brynn's all-time total
Brynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 12,910 births
- Runner-up 7,636 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brynn's strongest decade
12,910 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Brynn by state
Where Brynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,101 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 2,072 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,600 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,554 | 5.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,355 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 1,347 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,278 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,225 | 4.2% |
2,101 of 29,046 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Brynn appears in 50 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, 1943–2024 (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.