How rare is the name Brycen?

10,495 people in the United States have the first name Brycen, about 1 in 28,779. It ranks #2,383 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRYCEN

#2,383

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,495
About
1 in 28,779
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,495 people named Brycen, 68.3% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Black and 7.2% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brycen peaked in 2011, when 999 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
999
In 2025*
276 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,012 babies have been given the name since 1976. 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.

Brycen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #837. The largest share of babies named Brycen, 48.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#8,191136
1990s#3,195765
2000s#1,3553,603
2010s#8377,355
2020s#1,4902,148
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–1248.2%
2013 and later48.3%

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 Brycen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brycen has been most common in Tennessee (2×), Louisiana (1.9×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.31×).

12,416 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.

Exactly as common as Brycen

1 other first name also has 10,495 people.

#2,383 Tameka · 10,495

Either side of Brycen

#2,381 Farah · 10,501#2,382 Marlena · 10,496#2,383 Tameka · 10,495#2,385 Kennedi · 10,494

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brycen, most common first.

#6,138 Brysen · 2,647#14,367 Bricen · 822

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