How Many People Are Named Bryan?
people named Bryan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 962 people in the US has this name
Based on 391,306 babies named Bryan in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,788 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of BRIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bryan in English. Counting Bryan and these spellings together, about 1,402,978 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bryan (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bryan alive today is about 38 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bryan first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1985, to 8,788 babies. In 2025, 1,005 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bryan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #42, in 1977, and it was in the top 100 for 52 years, 1959 to 2010. In 2025 it ranked #336.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #336 |
| Best rank | #42 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | 52 (1959 to 2010) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #51 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bryan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bryan were born in California than in any other state: about 55,060 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bryan was given 1.4 times as often in Nevada, 1.2 times in California and 1.2 times in Oklahoma.
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