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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #381, 1973boys
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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#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.

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 1991

boys
#692
213 births · 1 in 9,485 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #692Bryon213
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 9,485 of them was named Bryon, which outranked 92.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bryon
  1. #689Octavio215
  2. #689Santos215
  3. #691Jamil214
  4. #692Bryon213
  5. #692Brooks213
  6. #692Ladarius213
  7. #692Rusty213
  8. #696Travon212
  9. #697Jerrell211
  10. #697Rashawn211

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991