Bryon
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 407 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,720since 1897
Bryon over time
Rank among boys' names. Bryon has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #5,399 | 17 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,020 | 25 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,123 | 37 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,622 | 46 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,144 | 62 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,168 | 62 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,161 | 62 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,034 | 68 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,769 | 78 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,554 | 90 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,604 | 81 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,578 | 80 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,357 | 97 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,368 | 93 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,271 | 102 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,095 | 122 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,064 | 124 | |
| 1997 | — | #979 | 133 | |
| 1996 | — | #974 | 130 | |
| 1995 | — | #903 | 148 | |
| 1994 | — | #897 | 147 | |
| 1993 | — | #893 | 143 | |
| 1992 | — | #770 | 183 | |
| 1991 | — | #692 | 213 | |
| 1990 | — | #709 | 205 | |
| 1989 | — | #680 | 215 | |
| 1988 | — | #558 | 273 | |
| 1987 | — | #556 | 267 | |
| 1986 | — | #568 | 242 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #496 | 306 |
| 1984 | — | #500 | 287 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #473 | 313 |
| 1982 | — | #484 | 312 | |
| 1981 | — | #513 | 271 | |
| 1980 | — | #458 | 338 | |
| 1979 | — | #495 | 281 | |
| 1978 | — | #421 | 349 | |
| 1977 | — | #421 | 353 | |
| 1976 | — | #416 | 347 | |
| 1975 | — | #406 | 355 | |
| 1974 | — | #404 | 369 | |
| 1973 | — | #381 | 407 | |
| 1972 | — | #384 | 422 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #386 | 433 |
| 1970 | — | #382 | 451 | |
| 1969 | — | #393 | 405 | |
| 1968 | — | #389 | 401 | |
| 1967 | — | #414 | 342 | |
| 1966 | — | #411 | 337 | |
| 1965 | — | #425 | 328 | |
| 1964 | — | #430 | 345 | |
| 1963 | — | #441 | 325 | |
| 1962 | — | #448 | 313 | |
| 1961 | — | #464 | 305 | |
| 1960 | — | #454 | 314 | |
| 1959 | — | #458 | 304 | |
| 1958 | — | #455 | 298 | |
| 1957 | — | #472 | 270 | |
| 1956 | — | #619 | 151 | |
| 1955 | — | #739 | 97 | |
| 1954 | — | #739 | 94 | |
| 1953 | — | #878 | 67 | |
| 1952 | — | #850 | 67 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,097 | 41 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Bryon! It came in at #852, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bryon
- 260 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #5,399)
- 1,379 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #5,399)
- 2,677 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #5,399)
- Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1952 (#1,017 → #850)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1993 (#770 → #893)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1973 at #381 (407 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1952–1997
- Highest: 1 in 3,829 boys born in 1973 were named Bryon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Bryon (3,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #852 (1897) | #852 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,732 (1917) | #3,158 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,362 |
| 1930s | 61 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,881 |
| 1940s | 241 | #1,097 (1949) | #1,503 |
| 1950s | 1,446 | #455 (1958) | #720 |
| 1960s | 3,415 | #389 (1968) | #427 |
| 1970s | 3,767 | #381 (1973) | #410 |
| 1980s | 2,824 | #458 (1980) | #529 |
| 1990s | 1,548 | #692 (1991) | #898 |
| 2000s | 813 | #1,271 (2000) | #1,686 |
| 2010s | 391 | #2,144 (2010) | #3,068 |
| 2020s | 117 | #4,020 (2020) | #4,969 |
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.
Bryon in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 332,765 of them was named Bryon, which outranked 13.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,321 names at #8,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 4,084 of them was named Bryon, which outranked 93.2% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.