Meaning not yet researched.
Bryson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,416 in 2025. Its best rank was #86 in 2017.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #86 in 2017; #152 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bryson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#152 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2017, at #86.
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Bryson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,416 boys in 2025. Peak: #86 in 2017 · most boys in one year: 4,679 (2017).
In 2025, 2,416 US boys were named Bryson, making it the 152nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #147 in 2024. That is 63 fewer than the 2,479 boys named Bryson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #86, reached in 2017. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,679. For comparison, it was #133 in 2015 and #2,124 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bryson in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 6 babies. In all, 83,525 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 38,746 babies named Bryson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 33,283 US boys were named Bryson; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 4,679. In 2025 that was about 1 in 707 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bryson ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #82 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 4 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Brycen (14,012 babies since 1880), Brysen (3,686 babies since 1880) and Brison (1,242 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Braison, Brysin and Breyson are summarised on this page.
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: Braison (288), Brysin (286), Breyson (253), Brycin (246), Brysan (156), Brysyn (150), Brysun (104), Brisyn (95), Brisen (56), Bryceon (45), Brycyn (34), Brysonn (31), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Bryson in the open dataset we use.
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 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 61 | #82 | #64 |
| South Carolina | 61 | #83 | #46 |
| Pennsylvania | 141 | #86 | #114 |
| Mississippi | 29 | #99 | #43 |
| West Virginia | 19 | #101 | #47 |
| Virginia | 79 | #105 | #117 |
| South Dakota | 12 | #108 | #220 |
| Florida | 205 | #109 | #122 |
| Maryland | 52 | #109 | #136 |
| Georgia | 104 | #110 | #69 |
| Michigan | 87 | #112 | #136 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | #112 | #123 |
| Arkansas | 30 | #114 | #46 |
| North Carolina | 105 | #114 | #64 |
| Kentucky | 48 | #117 | #64 |
| Ohio | 107 | #125 | #106 |
| Indiana | 65 | #125 | #115 |
| Delaware | 8 | #128 | #93 |
| Louisiana | 38 | #133 | #62 |
| Tennessee | 71 | #136 | #62 |
| Iowa | 30 | #136 | #208 |
| New Jersey | 68 | #141 | #283 |
| Connecticut | 26 | #142 | #161 |
| New York | 130 | #147 | #266 |
| Illinois | 80 | #147 | #171 |
| Wisconsin | 43 | #148 | #173 |
| Missouri | 47 | #149 | #105 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | #153 | #270 |
| Maine | 8 | #156 | #134 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #182 | #196 |
| Minnesota | 35 | #188 | #281 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #199 | #180 |
| Texas | 186 | #211 | #171 |
| Nevada | 14 | #217 | #223 |
| Arizona | 38 | #217 | #234 |
| California | 164 | #230 | #311 |
| Kansas | 16 | #236 | #165 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #240 | #318 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #248 | #166 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #255 | #91 |
| Washington | 29 | #257 | #176 |
| Colorado | 25 | #263 | #227 |
| Idaho | 9 | #283 | #156 |
| Oregon | 14 | #295 | #173 |
| Utah | 7 | #567 | #191 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 2,416 | #152 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,713 | 2,479 | #147 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,449 | #150 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,917 | 2,712 | #136 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,452 | 3,097 | #122 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,768 | 3,218 | #115 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,237 | 3,636 | #102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,280 | 4,225 | #92 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,850 | 4,679 | #86 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,154 | 4,372 | #94 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,063 | 3,115 | #133 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,664 | 3,427 | #115 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,433 | 3,816 | #102 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,425 | 4,042 | #94 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,844 | 3,944 | #97 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,961 | 3,392 | #120 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,647 | 2,611 | #152 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,026 | 2,231 | #178 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,605 | 2,323 | #179 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,612 | 2,315 | #176 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,815 | 1,980 | #195 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,839 | 1,916 | #200 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,799 | 1,658 | #214 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,611 | 1,471 | #229 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,281 | 1,356 | #246 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,278 | 1,206 | #269 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,887 | 1,066 | #277 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,090 | 860 | #321 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,446 | 741 | #345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,070 | 689 | #353 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,170 | 543 | #418 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,747 | 467 | #468 |
| 1993 | — | — | 443 | #476 |
| 1992 | — | — | 394 | #510 |
| 1991 | — | — | 383 | #506 |
| 1990 | — | — | 333 | #552 |
| 1989 | — | — | 326 | #533 |
| 1988 | — | — | 312 | #518 |
| 1987 | — | — | 256 | #566 |
| 1986 | — | — | 262 | #548 |
| 1985 | — | — | 209 | #605 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,620 | 194 | #611 |
| 1983 | — | — | 180 | #637 |
| 1982 | — | — | 178 | #650 |
| 1981 | — | — | 136 | #747 |
| 1980 | — | — | 136 | #751 |
| 1979 | — | — | 107 | #838 |
| 1978 | — | — | 62 | #1,112 |
| 1977 | — | — | 54 | #1,199 |
| 1976 | — | — | 42 | #1,377 |
| 1975 | — | — | 54 | #1,148 |
| 1974 | — | — | 47 | #1,217 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,437 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,775 |
| 1971 | — | — | 25 | #1,789 |
| 1970 | — | — | 19 | #2,067 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,057 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,488 |
| 1966 | — | — | 17 | #1,897 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1963 | — | — | 17 | #1,970 |
| 1962 | — | — | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,732 |
| 1960 | — | — | 9 | #2,895 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,663 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1956 | — | — | 10 | #2,645 |
| 1955 | — | — | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,327 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #2,934 |
| 1952 | — | — | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,517 |
| 1950 | — | — | 13 | #2,124 |
| 1949 | — | — | 16 | #1,875 |
| 1948 | — | — | 11 | #2,338 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,084 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,724 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,415 |
| 1944 | — | — | 11 | #2,206 |
| 1943 | — | — | 17 | #1,776 |
| 1942 | — | — | 7 | #2,964 |
| 1941 | — | — | 11 | #2,219 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,691 |
| 1939 | — | — | 8 | #2,633 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,673 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,342 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,476 |
| 1934 | — | — | 9 | #2,583 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,565 |
| 1932 | — | — | 7 | #3,123 |
| 1931 | — | — | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,896 |
| 1929 | — | — | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1928 | — | — | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1926 | — | — | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,048 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,348 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1921 | — | — | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,796 |
| 1918 | — | — | 8 | #3,139 |
| 1917 | — | — | 7 | #3,261 |
| 1916 | — | — | 8 | #2,959 |
| 1915 | — | — | 7 | #3,129 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #2,965 |
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).