How Many People Are Named Bryn?
people named Bryn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,636 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,861 babies named Bryn in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
387 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "hill, mound" in Welsh. It is now used as a feminine name as well.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bryn, 85.7% were girls and 14.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Bryn rose from 64.7% in the 1950s to 88.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bryn alive today is about 24 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bryn first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 2011, to 387 babies. In 2025, 106 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bryn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #744, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #2,021. Among boys, its best rank was #1,593, in 1986.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,021 | #6,863 |
| Best rank | #744 (2011) | #1,593 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,065 in the 2010s | #1,983 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bryn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bryn were born in California than in any other state: about 677 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bryn was given 3.3 times as often in Minnesota, 3.3 times in Pennsylvania and 2.7 times in Wisconsin.
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