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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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.
Where Bryon is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#199 · 1 in 1,654
- Iowa#255 · 1 in 3,226
- Wisconsin#271 · 1 in 3,526
- Missouri#281 · 1 in 2,873
- Washington#297 · 1 in 3,110
Best ever in a state: #96 in Wyoming, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #199 | 12 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Iowa | #255 | 7 | 1 in 3,226 |
| Wisconsin | #271 | 10 | 1 in 3,526 |
| Missouri | #281 | 13 | 1 in 2,873 |
| Washington | #297 | 10 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Arizona | #305 | 10 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Indiana | #306 | 12 | 1 in 3,479 |
| Massachusetts | #314 | 7 | 1 in 4,970 |
| Ohio | #316 | 20 | 1 in 4,079 |
| North Carolina | #333 | 12 | 1 in 3,198 |
| Oklahoma | #334 | 7 | 1 in 3,278 |
| Tennessee | #339 | 9 | 1 in 3,724 |
| Michigan | #342 | 16 | 1 in 4,208 |
| Pennsylvania | #343 | 15 | 1 in 5,108 |
| Kentucky | #353 | 6 | 1 in 4,685 |
| Colorado | #362 | 6 | 1 in 3,800 |
| Minnesota | #367 | 5 | 1 in 6,492 |
| Utah | #378 | 5 | 1 in 3,863 |
| South Carolina | #434 | 5 | 1 in 4,298 |
| New York | #474 | 20 | 1 in 5,627 |
| Georgia | #481 | 8 | 1 in 5,148 |
| Illinois | #482 | 15 | 1 in 5,760 |
| Virginia | #489 | 5 | 1 in 6,776 |
| Florida | #527 | 10 | 1 in 5,975 |
| California | #542 | 28 | 1 in 6,867 |
| Texas | #763 | 12 | 1 in 11,120 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 5,278 of them was named Bryon, which outranked 93.7% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.