Byrl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Byrl

The Social Security Administration has registered 533 babies named Byrl between 1907 and 1958, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Byrl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Byrl is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 53 additional births since 1909.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Byrl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Byrl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Byrl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Byrl 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 533 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.