How Many People Are Named Bryson?
people named Bryson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,159 people in the US has this name
Based on 83,525 babies named Bryson in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,687 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "son of BRICE".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bryson (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bryson alive today is about 14 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bryson first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2017, to 4,687 babies. In 2025, 2,416 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bryson never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #86, in 2017, and it was in the top 100 in 5 years between 2011 and 2018. In 2025 it ranked #152.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #152 |
| Best rank | #86 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (2011 to 2018) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #102 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bryson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bryson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7,062 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bryson was given 4.2 times as often in Hawaii, 2.8 times in South Carolina and 2.5 times in Mississippi.
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