first name
BRYAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 327,372 people named Bryan, 63.3% reported their origin as White, 23.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bryan peaked in 1985, when 8,788 babies got the name.
At least 391,306 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Bryan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #85. The largest share of babies named Bryan, 30%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Bryan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bryan has been most common in Nevada (1.8×), California (1.5×), and Florida (1.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.51×).
386,644 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Bryan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bryan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bryan ranks #598 of 156,621, with 54,685 people. See Bryan as a last name
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