Meaning not yet researched.
Bryant: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 146 in 2025. Its best rank was #164 in 1988.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #164 in 1988; #1,323 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bryant in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,323 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1988, at #164.
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Bryant: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 146 boys in 2025. Peak: #164 in 1988 · most boys in one year: 1,737 (1989).
In 2025, 146 US boys were named Bryant, making it the 1,323rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 146 places from #1,177 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 176 boys named Bryant in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #164, reached in 1988. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,737, in 1989. For comparison, it was #626 in 2015 and #616 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bryant in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 51,934 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 10,007 babies named Bryant.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,041 US boys were named Bryant; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 467. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,699 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bryant ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #580 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Brent (140,366 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Briante are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bry and Bryan.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Briante (94).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Bryant is listed as a nickname for Brian.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8 | #580 | #253 |
| Florida | 19 | #778 | #567 |
| Virginia | 7 | #890 | #590 |
| Indiana | 5 | #963 | #672 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,119 | #631 |
| California | 16 | #1,208 | #660 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,299 | #600 |
| New York | 7 | #1,436 | #576 |
| Texas | 12 | #1,492 | #626 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 146 | #1,323 |
| 2024 | — | — | 176 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | — | — | 196 | #1,094 |
| 2022 | — | — | 254 | #908 |
| 2021 | — | — | 309 | #795 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,547 | 400 | #657 |
| 2019 | — | — | 271 | #831 |
| 2018 | — | — | 356 | #685 |
| 2017 | — | — | 466 | #583 |
| 2016 | — | — | 467 | #587 |
| 2015 | — | — | 426 | #626 |
| 2014 | — | — | 477 | #582 |
| 2013 | — | — | 481 | #551 |
| 2012 | — | — | 557 | #485 |
| 2011 | — | — | 602 | #449 |
| 2010 | — | — | 621 | #438 |
| 2009 | — | — | 714 | #413 |
| 2008 | — | — | 728 | #404 |
| 2007 | — | — | 713 | #408 |
| 2006 | — | — | 771 | #388 |
| 2005 | — | — | 814 | #361 |
| 2004 | — | — | 972 | #318 |
| 2003 | — | — | 977 | #305 |
| 2002 | — | — | 952 | #306 |
| 2001 | — | — | 956 | #303 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,995 | 903 | #318 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,769 | 817 | #332 |
| 1998 | — | — | 896 | #311 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,069 | 896 | #303 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,068 | 859 | #309 |
| 1995 | — | — | 906 | #293 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,742 | 874 | #304 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,032 | #278 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,083 | #262 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,024 | 1,113 | #248 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,251 | 1,493 | #204 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,647 | 1,737 | #176 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,359 | 1,714 | #164 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,639 | 1,498 | #182 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,801 | 897 | #250 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,872 | 649 | #315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,265 | 617 | #316 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,866 | 693 | #290 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,565 | 639 | #307 |
| 1981 | — | — | 605 | #315 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,363 | 613 | #312 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,239 | 574 | #324 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,680 | 564 | #315 |
| 1977 | — | — | 565 | #327 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,457 | 539 | #325 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,564 | 494 | #347 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,490 | 565 | #318 |
| 1973 | — | — | 632 | #286 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,522 | 716 | #270 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,064 | 721 | #286 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,871 | 781 | #272 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,091 | 734 | #274 |
| 1968 | — | — | 677 | #283 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,513 | 599 | #300 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,670 | 537 | #322 |
| 1965 | — | — | 531 | #327 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,536 | 493 | #353 |
| 1963 | — | — | 502 | #347 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,928 | 451 | #380 |
| 1961 | — | — | 423 | #387 |
| 1960 | — | — | 394 | #397 |
| 1959 | — | — | 353 | #424 |
| 1958 | — | — | 352 | #417 |
| 1957 | — | — | 326 | #428 |
| 1956 | — | — | 248 | #481 |
| 1955 | — | — | 189 | #535 |
| 1954 | — | — | 179 | #540 |
| 1953 | — | — | 183 | #525 |
| 1952 | — | — | 143 | #582 |
| 1951 | — | — | 159 | #537 |
| 1950 | — | — | 124 | #616 |
| 1949 | — | — | 113 | #641 |
| 1948 | — | — | 129 | #587 |
| 1947 | — | — | 122 | #615 |
| 1946 | — | — | 114 | #605 |
| 1945 | — | — | 96 | #617 |
| 1944 | — | — | 108 | #592 |
| 1943 | — | — | 88 | #682 |
| 1942 | — | — | 102 | #626 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #787 |
| 1940 | — | — | 105 | #579 |
| 1939 | — | — | 78 | #671 |
| 1938 | — | — | 87 | #641 |
| 1937 | — | — | 72 | #706 |
| 1936 | — | — | 73 | #691 |
| 1935 | — | — | 84 | #647 |
| 1934 | — | — | 88 | #637 |
| 1933 | — | — | 73 | #703 |
| 1932 | — | — | 89 | #634 |
| 1931 | — | — | 76 | #689 |
| 1930 | — | — | 60 | #844 |
| 1929 | — | — | 83 | #677 |
| 1928 | — | — | 83 | #695 |
| 1927 | — | — | 74 | #762 |
| 1926 | — | — | 90 | #664 |
| 1925 | — | — | 93 | #664 |
| 1924 | — | — | 89 | #692 |
| 1923 | — | — | 77 | #745 |
| 1922 | — | — | 86 | #704 |
| 1921 | — | — | 102 | #631 |
| 1920 | — | — | 105 | #616 |
| 1919 | — | — | 74 | #748 |
| 1918 | — | — | 82 | #692 |
| 1917 | — | — | 56 | #855 |
| 1916 | — | — | 58 | #813 |
| 1915 | — | — | 62 | #760 |
| 1914 | — | — | 54 | #699 |
| 1913 | — | — | 39 | #747 |
| 1912 | — | — | 26 | #882 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #711 |
| 1910 | — | — | 27 | #546 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #848 |
| 1908 | — | — | 23 | #523 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #673 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #760 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #748 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #616 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #742 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #694 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #640 |
| 1900 | — | — | 24 | #470 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #483 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #421 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #392 |
| 1896 | — | — | 26 | #381 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #887 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #635 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #512 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #463 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #568 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #514 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #589 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #485 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #836 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #655 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #422 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #866 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #913 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #516 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #603 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #444 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).