first name
BRYON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,087 people named Bryon, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 13.5% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bryon peaked in 1970, when 451 babies got the name.
At least 14,737 babies have been given the name since 1897. 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.
Bryon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #907. The largest share of babies named Bryon, 40.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Bryon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bryon has been most common in Ohio (2.1×), Oregon (1.9×), and Iowa (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).
10,773 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 Bryon
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bryon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bryon ranks #81,047 of 156,621, with 252 people. See Bryon as a last name
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