NameTides

Bryan

Bryan was the #336 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,005 babies), and #497 in England & Wales and #477 in Canada.

Bryan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Bryan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Bryan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#336 (1,005)#497 (77)#647 (4)#344 (4)#372 (10)#477 (64)—
2024#307 (1,105)#486 (81)#330 (11)#305 (5)#472 (7)#303 (108)—
2023#305 (1,082)#519 (75)——#516 (6)#401 (73)—
2022#291 (1,172)#465 (86)—#414 (3)#380 (10)#350 (89)—
2021#285 (1,211)#659 (55)——#364 (10)#333 (101)—
2020#259 (1,359)#524 (72)#536 (5)—#307 (14)#293 (111)—
2019#255 (1,425)#512 (76)#609 (4)—#564 (5)#292 (114)—
2018#233 (1,641)#580 (64)#595 (4)—#435 (8)#268 (130)—
2017#211 (1,840)#600 (61)#532 (5)—#336 (12)#268 (134)—
2016#186 (2,130)#501 (81)#486 (6)—#601 (4)#264 (135)—
2015#166 (2,492)#456 (89)#426 (7)#288 (6)#355 (11)#274 (126)—
2014#149 (2,731)#457 (86)#587 (4)#398 (3)#302 (15)#240 (149)—
2013#133 (2,893)#486 (79)#434 (7)#303 (5)#352 (11)#250 (133)—
2012#121 (3,083)#498 (76)#669 (3)—#267 (18)#210 (167)—
2011#110 (3,521)#524 (67)#386 (8)—#407 (9)#275 (117)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #42.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bryan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bryan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #326NYMassachusetts: #104MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #308INOhio: #541OHPennsylvania: #318PANew Jersey: #231NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #273CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #626CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #330MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #325TNNorth Carolina: #407NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #322GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #315TXFlorida: #168FL
Bryan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#19228
Ontario2024#42929

Bryan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BryanCanadaBoys#47764
BryanEngland & WalesBoys#49777
BryanIrelandBoys#37210
BryanNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
BryanNSWBoys—too few
BryanScotlandBoys#6474
BryanUSGirls—too few
BryanUSBoys#3361,005