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

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Peak · boys
1973 · 407 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,720
since 1897

Bryon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bryon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #381, 1973boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#5,39917
2024#5,65916
2023#5,25518
2022#4,70121
2021#4,78020
2020#4,02025
2019#4,00326
2018#3,44632
2017#3,12337
2016#3,68129
2015#2,72244
2014#2,62246
2013#3,18934
2012#3,00238
2011#2,74843
2010#2,14462
2009#2,16862
2008#2,16162
2007#2,03468
2006#1,76978
2005#1,55490
2004#1,60481
2003#1,57880
2002#1,35797
2001#1,36893
2000#1,271102
1999#1,095122
1998#1,064124
1997#979133
1996#974130
1995#903148
1994#897147
1993#893143
1992#770183
1991#692213
1990#709205
1989#680215
1988#558273
1987#556267
1986#568242
1985#10,6775#496306
1984#500287
1983#8,0477#473313
1982#484312
1981#513271
1980#458338
1979#495281
1978#421349
1977#421353
1976#416347
1975#406355
1974#404369
1973#381407
1972#384422
1971#8,3245#386433
1970#382451
1969#393405
1968#389401
1967#414342
1966#411337
1965#425328
1964#430345
1963#441325
1962#448313
1961#464305
1960#454314
1959#458304
1958#455298
1957#472270
1956#619151
1955#73997
1954#73994
1953#87867
1952#85067
1951#1,01748
1950#97750
1949#1,09741
1948#1,21735
1947#1,29732
1946#1,55721
1945#1,58118
1944#1,32825
1943#1,76417
1942#1,79916
1941#1,99713
1940#1,39723
1939#2,28810
1938#3,1756
1937#3,1756
1936#2,4529
1935#2,5299
1934#2,7428
1933
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1931#3,0957
1930#3,5926
1929#2,9808
1928#3,6976
1927#3,4517
1926
1925#3,7416
1924#2,64111
1923
1922#3,5327
1921
1920#3,4897
1919#4,1685
1918#2,8829
1917#2,7329
1916#3,1777
1915#2,8298
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First appearance
1897

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedNHWashington: #506 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,971 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #843 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,746 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedWIMichigan: #528 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,456 boysMINew York: #1,148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 19,835 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #428 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,065 boysINOhio: #533 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,981 boysOHPennsylvania: #438 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,877 boysPANew Jersey: #594 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,824 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #728 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 10,367 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #550 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,592 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #635 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,672 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedDEArizona: #560 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,155 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #694 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,504 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #519 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,464 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedMSAlabama: #411 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,874 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bryon, so not publishedHITexas: #897 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 13,931 boysTXFlorida: #1,050 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,342 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#411 · 1 in 3,874
  2. Indiana#428 · 1 in 5,065
  3. Pennsylvania#438 · 1 in 5,877
  4. Washington#506 · 1 in 5,971
  5. Louisiana#519 · 1 in 4,464

Best ever in a state: #96 in Wyoming, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#41171 in 3,874
Indiana#42881 in 5,065
Pennsylvania#438141 in 5,877
Washington#50661 in 5,971
Louisiana#51971 in 4,464
Michigan#528111 in 6,456
Ohio#533101 in 7,981
Missouri#55051 in 7,592
Arizona#56051 in 6,155
New Jersey#59471 in 7,824
Virginia#63551 in 8,672
North Carolina#69451 in 9,504
California#728281 in 10,367
Illinois#84371 in 12,746
Texas#897111 in 13,931
Florida#1,05051 in 18,342
New York#1,14871 in 19,835
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1973 at #381 (407 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1952–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,829
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 25.6% of all boys named Bryon (3,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#852 (1897)#852
1900s0
1910s38#2,732 (1917)#3,158
1920s52#2,641 (1924)#3,362
1930s61#2,288 (1939)#2,881
1940s241#1,097 (1949)#1,503
1950s1,446#455 (1958)#720
1960s3,415#389 (1968)#427
1970s3,767#381 (1973)#410
1980s2,824#458 (1980)#529
1990s1,548#692 (1991)#898
2000s813#1,271 (2000)#1,686
2010s391#2,144 (2010)#3,068
2020s117#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 1990

boys
#709
205 births · 1 in 10,020 boys

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. #709Bryon205
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 10,020 of them was named Bryon, which outranked 92.5% 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 Bryon
  1. #706Cooper208
  2. #707Jefferson207
  3. #708Daquan206
  4. #709Bryon205
  5. #710Ahmed204
  6. #710Greg204
  7. #712Amos203
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