Brynn

#407 for girls in 2025, 767 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 98.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 1,656 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,816
since 1943

Brynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Brynn has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #189, 2012girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#407767#9,7147
2024#383820#8,3129
2023#414741#12,2395
2022#388806#8,9908
2021#361847#12,1465
2020#333930#10,6056
2019#3071,056#8,2159
2018#3081,087#8,1549
2017#2971,095#10,7756
2016#2561,238#9,6647
2015#2591,229#12,0865
2014#2621,257#9,6427
2013#2141,487#9,6557
2012#1891,656#8,1589
2011#1921,665#10,8086
2010#2871,140#7,59110
2009#344949#10,9946
2008#3251,039#9,8717
2007#351925#7,09411
2006#401800#5,78114
2005#420736#7,09610
2004#359879#6,13812
2003#2911,067#4,61617
2002#585443—
2001#653386#5,66712
2000#616412#4,78515
1999#558452#6,5309
1998#721306#5,84010
1997#1,120167#8,1106
1996#1,056175#9,0155
1995#1,023178#5,9289
1994#1,100163#6,3728
1993#1,113161#6,8167
1992#1,216143#7,4226
1991#1,201144#8,2365
1990#1,017178#6,4157
1989#978177#4,01713
1988#1,187127#5,7517
1987#1,202120#5,4597
1986#944168#3,88211
1985#933168—
1984#766210#3,92510
1983#729226#4,1419
1982#611294#5,6196
1981#991147#3,41212
1980#925161#6,2505
1979#1,44284—
1978#3,09825—
1977#2,60632#5,8455
1976#3,54019#4,4187
1975#3,95016—
1974#3,00823—
1973#3,34219—
1972#3,27619—
1971#5,5439—
1970#2,93823—
1969#2,91721—
1968#3,78913#4,1365
1967#4,05311—
1966#3,55813—
1965#3,54913—
1964#5,0088—
1963#3,33615—
1962#4,5339#3,3057
1961#3,31815—
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1958#4,1939—
1957#5,3776—
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1955#5,8285—
1954#4,2788—
1953#4,5957—
1952#3,7969—
1951#2,69415—
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five girls were named Brynn! It came in at #4,196, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1948, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Brynn is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNHWashington: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,415 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #340 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,539 girlsMNIllinois: #942 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,723 girlsILWisconsin: #430 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,259 girlsWIMichigan: #581 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,806 girlsMINew York: #1,268 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 13,562 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedINOhio: #663 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,445 girlsOHPennsylvania: #614 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,584 girlsPANew Jersey: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,593 girlsNJConnecticut: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,820 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,272 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 13,122 girlsCAUtah: #316 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,694 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brynn, so not publishedHITexas: #2,066 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,517 girlsTXFlorida: #1,411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,826 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#316 · 1 in 1,694
  2. Minnesota#340 · 1 in 2,539
  3. Wisconsin#430 · 1 in 3,259
  4. Connecticut#490 · 1 in 3,820
  5. Michigan#581 · 1 in 4,806

Best ever in a state: #40 in Minnesota, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#31681 in 1,694
Minnesota#340111 in 2,539
Wisconsin#43091 in 3,259
Connecticut#49051 in 3,820
Michigan#581131 in 4,806
Pennsylvania#614131 in 5,584
Washington#61871 in 4,415
Ohio#663111 in 6,445
Illinois#94291 in 8,723
New Jersey#96451 in 9,593
New York#1,26891 in 13,562
California#1,272201 in 13,122
Florida#1,41151 in 15,826
Texas#2,06651 in 27,517
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Brynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#383 → #407)
  • 74 spots since 2020 (#333 → #407)
  • 148 spots since 2015 (#259 → #407)
  • Biggest jump: 517 spots in 1980 (#1,442 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1987 (#944 → #1,202)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 2012 at #189 (1,656 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,056
  • Highest: 1 in 1,056 girls born in 2011 were named Brynn (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,096 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #189 in 2012, was only 1 in 1,063 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.3% of all girls named Brynn (12,910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s24#2,340 (1949)#3,268
1950s83#2,535 (1950)#4,213
1960s118#2,917 (1969)#3,785
1970s269#1,442 (1979)#3,274
1980s1,798#611 (1982)#927
1990s2,067#558 (1999)#1,013
2000s7,636#291 (2003)#435
2010s12,910#189 (2012)#257
2020s4,911#333 (2020)#381

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brynn in 1990

girls
#1,017
178 births · 1 in 10,666 girls
boys
#6,415
7 births · 1 in 293,434 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,017Brynn178

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #6,415Brynn7
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 10,666 of them was named Brynn, which outranked 93.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brynn
  1. #1,014Amberly179
  2. #1,014Bertha179
  3. #1,014Porsche179
  4. #1,017Brynn178
  5. #1,017Alyssia178
  6. #1,017Annamarie178
  7. #1,017Antionette178
  8. #1,024Ada177
  9. #1,024Shanique177
  10. #1,026Chiquita176

Tied with 6 names at #1,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 293,434 of them was named Brynn, which outranked 32.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brynn
  1. #5,823Zeferino8
  2. #5,823Zeno8
  3. #5,823Zubin8
  4. #6,415Brynn7
  5. #6,415Abdias7
  6. #6,415Abdulmalik7
  7. #6,415Abdurrahman7
  8. #7,178Aalap6
  9. #7,178Abbott6
  10. #7,178Abdo6

Tied with 762 names at #6,415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →