Brynton — boys' name
16 babies named Brynton in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Brynton was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Brynton in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brynton
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Brynton between 1991 and 2020, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brynton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brynton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brynton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brynton 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 16 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.
Brynton at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brynton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
16 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 6 births in a single year.
Brynton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Brynton's all-time total
Brynton decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brynton's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2020 (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.