Bryant
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 1,714 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,697since 1880
Bryant over time
Rank among boys' names. Bryant has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,323 | 146 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,176 | 176 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,094 | 196 | |
| 2022 | — | #908 | 254 | |
| 2021 | — | #795 | 309 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #657 | 400 |
| 2019 | — | #831 | 271 | |
| 2018 | — | #685 | 356 | |
| 2017 | — | #583 | 466 | |
| 2016 | — | #587 | 467 | |
| 2015 | — | #626 | 426 | |
| 2014 | — | #582 | 477 | |
| 2013 | — | #551 | 481 | |
| 2012 | — | #485 | 557 | |
| 2011 | — | #449 | 602 | |
| 2010 | — | #438 | 621 | |
| 2009 | — | #412 | 714 | |
| 2008 | — | #404 | 728 | |
| 2007 | — | #408 | 713 | |
| 2006 | — | #388 | 771 | |
| 2005 | — | #361 | 814 | |
| 2004 | — | #318 | 972 | |
| 2003 | — | #305 | 977 | |
| 2002 | — | #306 | 952 | |
| 2001 | — | #303 | 956 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #318 | 903 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #332 | 817 |
| 1998 | — | #311 | 896 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #303 | 896 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #309 | 859 |
| 1995 | — | #293 | 906 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #304 | 874 |
| 1993 | — | #278 | 1,032 | |
| 1992 | — | #262 | 1,083 | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #248 | 1,113 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #204 | 1,493 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #176 | 1,737 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #164 | 1,714 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #182 | 1,498 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #250 | 897 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #315 | 649 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #316 | 617 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #290 | 693 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #307 | 639 |
| 1981 | — | #315 | 605 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #312 | 613 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #324 | 574 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #315 | 564 |
| 1977 | — | #327 | 565 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #325 | 539 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #347 | 494 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #318 | 565 |
| 1973 | — | #286 | 632 | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #270 | 716 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #286 | 721 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #272 | 781 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #274 | 734 |
| 1968 | — | #283 | 677 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #300 | 599 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #322 | 537 |
| 1965 | — | #327 | 531 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #353 | 493 |
| 1963 | — | #347 | 502 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #380 | 451 |
| 1961 | — | #386 | 423 | |
| 1960 | — | #397 | 394 | |
| 1959 | — | #424 | 353 | |
| 1958 | — | #417 | 352 | |
| 1957 | — | #428 | 326 | |
| 1956 | — | #481 | 248 | |
| 1955 | — | #535 | 189 | |
| 1954 | — | #540 | 179 | |
| 1953 | — | #525 | 183 | |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #537 | 159 | |
| 1950 | — | #616 | 124 | |
| 1949 | — | #641 | 113 | |
| 1948 | — | #587 | 129 | |
| 1947 | — | #615 | 122 | |
| 1946 | — | #603 | 114 | |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #592 | 108 | |
| 1943 | — | #681 | 88 | |
| 1942 | — | #626 | 102 | |
| 1941 | — | #786 | 63 | |
| 1940 | — | #579 | 105 | |
| 1939 | — | #671 | 78 | |
| 1938 | — | #640 | 87 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #690 | 73 | |
| 1935 | — | #647 | 84 | |
| 1934 | — | #637 | 88 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #632 | 89 | |
| 1931 | — | #688 | 76 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #675 | 83 | |
| 1928 | — | #694 | 83 | |
| 1927 | — | #762 | 74 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #663 | 93 | |
| 1924 | — | #691 | 89 | |
| 1923 | — | #745 | 77 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #630 | 102 | |
| 1920 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1919 | — | #747 | 74 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #855 | 56 | |
| 1916 | — | #810 | 58 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #745 | 39 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #422 | 18 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bryant was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bryant
- 147 spots since 2024 (#1,176 → #1,323)
- 666 spots since 2020 (#657 → #1,323)
- 697 spots since 2015 (#626 → #1,323)
- Biggest jump: 492 spots in 1896 (#872 → #380)
- Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1883 (#514 → #892)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1988 at #164 (1,714 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2022
- Highest: 1 in 1,117 boys born in 1988 were named Bryant (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.3% of all boys named Bryant (9,969) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 109 | #422 (1885) | #624 |
| 1890s | 162 | #380 (1896) | #522 |
| 1900s | 142 | #469 (1900) | #666 |
| 1910s | 498 | #546 (1910) | #743 |
| 1920s | 882 | #615 (1920) | #684 |
| 1930s | 780 | #632 (1932) | #686 |
| 1940s | 1,040 | #579 (1940) | #633 |
| 1950s | 2,256 | #417 (1958) | #509 |
| 1960s | 5,341 | #274 (1969) | #337 |
| 1970s | 6,151 | #270 (1972) | #307 |
| 1980s | 9,662 | #164 (1988) | #263 |
| 1990s | 9,969 | #204 (1990) | #284 |
| 2000s | 8,500 | #303 (2001) | #352 |
| 2010s | 4,724 | #438 (2010) | #582 |
| 2020s | 1,481 | #657 (2020) | #992 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bryant in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 344,166 of them was named Bryant, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,828 names at #10,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 2,848 of them was named Bryant, which outranked 95.8% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.