How rare is the name Bryn?

8,179 people in the United States have the first name Bryn, about 1 in 36,928. It ranks #2,828 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BRYN

#2,828

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,179
About
1 in 36,928
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,179 people named Bryn, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% as two or more races. 84.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bryn peaked in 2011, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
387
In 2025*
106 ▼73%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 8,861 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.

Bryn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,870. The largest share of babies named Bryn, 41.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#9,67317
1950s#4,608153
1960s#3,441307
1970s#2,777554
1980s#2,1721,010
1990s#2,1611,403
2000s#1,9752,132
2010s#1,8702,564
2020s#3,142721
Baby boom 1946–643.7%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9620.5%
Generation Z 1997–1241.1%
2013 and later25.8%

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 Bryn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bryn has been most common in Minnesota (3×), Colorado (2.8×), and Washington (2.4×), and least common in Georgia (0.3×).

4,604 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 Bryn

1 other first name also has 8,179 people.

#2,828 Carli · 8,179

Either side of Bryn

#2,826 Chau · 8,189#2,826 Gerson · 8,189#2,828 Carli · 8,179#2,830 Kash · 8,175

Spelled almost the same

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

#156 Bryan · 327,372#1,406 Brynn · 24,675#2,314 Bryon · 11,087#10,446 Bryna · 1,278#11,184 Bren · 1,161#16,017 Brin · 710#17,946 Bran · 606#21,351 Bron · 476

Also a last name

As a last name, Bryn ranks #85,854 of 156,621, with 234 people. See Bryn as a last name

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