How rare is the name Bryson?

58,590 people in the United States have the first name Bryson, about 1 in 5,155. It ranks #812 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRYSON

#812

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,590
About
1 in 5,155
This common or more
66.9%
Who bears it

Of the 58,590 people named Bryson, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Black and 7.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bryson peaked in 2017, when 4,687 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
4,687
In 2025*
2,416 ▼48%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 83,525 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Bryson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #174. The largest share of babies named Bryson, 52.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,71436
1920s#5,48196
1930s#5,11085
1940s#4,749112
1950s#5,598109
1960s#5,386139
1970s#3,090470
1980s#1,3622,194
1990s#8315,975
2000s#37919,168
2010s#17438,746
2020s#24716,395
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–966.4%
Generation Z 1997–1239.8%
2013 and later52.4%

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 Bryson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bryson has been most common in Hawaii (3.6×), South Carolina (2.5×), and Tennessee (2.3×), and least common in Vermont (0.25×).

81,021 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 Bryson

#810 Lucille · 58,884#811 Reagan · 58,855#813 Felipe · 58,515#814 Kaden · 58,483

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,138 Brysen · 2,647#6,974 Brayson · 2,237#11,689 Brison · 1,087#37,508 Brason · 208

Also a last name

As a last name, Bryson ranks #2,018 of 156,621, with 17,531 people. See Bryson as a last name

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