NameTides

Bryn

Bryn was the #2,017 girls' name in the US in 2025 (94 babies), and #2,131 in Canada.

Bryn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bryn 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Bryn 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#2,017 (94)—#2,131 (10)
2024#2,099 (91)—#2,445 (8)
2023#2,076 (93)#5,688 (3)#1,419 (16)
2022#1,856 (109)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,524 (138)—#1,381 (17)
2020#1,763 (113)—#1,557 (14)
2019#1,483 (148)—#1,533 (15)
2018#1,338 (168)—#1,440 (16)
2017#1,625 (133)#5,765 (3)#1,049 (24)
2016#1,325 (180)—#1,600 (14)
2015#1,162 (217)—#1,157 (21)
2014#966 (276)—#1,279 (19)
2013#803 (337)—#595 (50)
2012#779 (353)—#710 (40)
2011#744 (370)—#797 (34)

Bryn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bryn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bryn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#6,803 (12)#1,406 (19)————
2024#6,469 (13)#1,675 (15)———#2,238 (8)
2023#6,517 (13)#1,461 (17)#728 (3)——#2,123 (8)
2022#5,215 (18)#1,224 (22)———#2,052 (8)
2021#6,032 (14)#1,184 (23)———#2,491 (6)
2020#6,296 (13)#1,051 (26)#711 (3)———
2019#6,104 (14)#798 (39)———#2,189 (7)
2018#5,540 (16)#821 (38)———#1,983 (8)
2017#5,526 (16)#968 (31)————
2016#5,318 (17)#928 (32)———#1,988 (8)
2015#5,746 (15)#977 (30)#686 (3)——#2,387 (6)
2014#7,562 (10)#889 (33)————
2013#5,659 (15)#804 (38)———#1,771 (9)
2012#5,256 (17)#837 (37)—#403 (3)#616 (4)#1,655 (10)
2011#5,200 (17)#1,024 (26)———#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #744.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.
  • In 2025, 89% of US babies named Bryn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bryn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bryn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Bryn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrynCanadaGirls#2,13110
BrynCanadaBoys—too few
BrynEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BrynEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
BrynIrelandBoys—too few
BrynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrynScotlandBoys—too few
BrynUSGirls#2,01794
BrynUSBoys#6,80312