Girls' name · since 1952
Brynne
Brynne has 2,709 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,709
- born since 1952
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brynne is the #3474 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,709 recorded since 1952.
Brynne has 2,709 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3474 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #3,836 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,709 born since 1952
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brynne ranks #3,836 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,709 born since 1952, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,836 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,709
- born since 1952
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brynne's 2,709 recorded births place it above 94.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Brynne compares
2,709 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brynne's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brynne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,709 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 117 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brynne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brynne splits its recorded history at 1994: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 117 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brynne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 117
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Brynne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (845 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Brynne's strongest decade.
845 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Brynne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 85
1970s
85 births
- 1980s
1980s
417 births
- 1990s
1990s
611 births
- 2000s
2000s
845 births
- 2010s
2010s
498 births
- 2020s 197
2020s
197 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 845 births (31% of all-time use).
How Brynne 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 Brynne's total volume
Brynne by state
Where Brynne concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 186 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 184 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 79 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 77 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 73 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 30 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Utah | | 27 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 19 | 0.7% |
186 of 2,709 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Brynne appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brynne's data
- Brynne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (845 total births); usage has since declined to 197 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brynnes (186 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Brynne
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brynne: 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 (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Brynne 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.