NameTides

Bryer

Bryer was the #703 boys' name in the US in 2025 (382 babies), and #1,374 in Canada.

Bryer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Bryer as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Bryer as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#703 (382)#1,374 (17)
2024#869 (278)#1,306 (17)
2023#1,485 (121)#1,115 (20)
2022#1,678 (102)#1,483 (13)
2021#1,982 (75)#1,898 (9)
2020#1,716 (90)#1,708 (10)
2019#1,658 (97)#1,375 (14)
2018#1,565 (107)#1,389 (13)
2017#1,681 (94)#1,246 (16)
2016#1,739 (89)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,416 (121)#1,681 (10)
2014#1,597 (98)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,568 (99)#2,305 (6)
2012#1,676 (91)#1,781 (9)
2011#2,105 (63)#2,330 (6)

Bryer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bryer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Bryer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,211 (49)#5,927 (3)#3,044 (6)
2024#4,294 (33)—#3,383 (5)
2023#5,549 (22)——
2022#5,309 (24)——
2021#7,630 (14)—#2,377 (8)
2020#4,757 (27)—#3,251 (5)
2019#5,449 (23)—#2,610 (7)
2018#6,792 (17)——
2017#6,044 (20)——
2016#6,401 (19)—#3,294 (5)
2015#5,653 (23)——
2014#7,302 (16)——
2013#11,000 (9)——
2012#13,483 (7)——
2011#14,824 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #703.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Bryer were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 33,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bryer is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bryer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #680CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #295KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #708TXFlorida: #958FL
Bryer (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
Ontario2024#1,5176

Bryer (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
BryerCanadaGirls#3,0446
BryerCanadaBoys#1,37417
BryerEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
BryerUSGirls#3,21149
BryerUSBoys#703382