Brice
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRYS
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Brice is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Brice mean?
Celtic: French, from Latin Bricius, probably Gaulish
Saint Brice succeeded Saint Martin as bishop of Tours around the year 397.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brice a girl's or a boy's name?
Brice is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brice in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Brice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Brice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Brice, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 398 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer boys named Brice than any year since 1950.
Half of all the boys named Brice in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 961 boys in the US were given Brice or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #350, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Bryce 919
- Brice 42
Brice in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,450 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,305 |
| 2017 | 155 | #1,195 |
| 2016 | 194 | #1,029 |
| 2015 | 247 | #892 |
| 2014 | 241 | #893 |
| 2013 | 251 | #849 |
| 2012 | 219 | #932 |
| 2011 | 212 | #937 |
| 2010 | 243 | #865 |
| 2009 | 306 | #749 |
| 2008 | 329 | #708 |
| 2007 | 316 | #724 |
| 2006 | 318 | #697 |
| 2005 | 347 | #631 |
| 2004 | 318 | #647 |
| 2003 | 339 | #614 |
| 2002 | 333 | #605 |
| 2001 | 361 | #572 |
| 2000 | 357 | #572 |
| 1999 | 392 | #528 |
| 1998 | 391 | #527 |
| 1997 | 376 | #532 |
| 1996 | 296 | #599 |
| 1995 | 318 | #572 |
| 1994 | 321 | #572 |
| 1993 | 297 | #595 |
| 1992 | 307 | #582 |
| 1991 | 310 | #572 |
| 1990 | 348 | #529 |
| 1989 | 398 | #477 |
| 1988 | 390 | #459 |
| 1987 | 309 | #511 |
| 1986 | 304 | #501 |
| 1985 | 248 | #559 |
| 1984 | 177 | #649 |
| 1983 | 178 | #643 |
| 1982 | 172 | #665 |
| 1981 | 168 | #661 |
| 1980 | 193 | #628 |
| 1979 | 173 | #650 |
| 1978 | 145 | #695 |
| 1977 | 104 | #834 |
| 1976 | 137 | #715 |
| 1975 | 128 | #735 |
| 1974 | 119 | #742 |
| 1973 | 141 | #673 |
| 1972 | 189 | #579 |
| 1971 | 128 | #729 |
| 1970 | 100 | #809 |
| 1969 | 62 | #972 |
| 1968 | 60 | #938 |
| 1967 | 57 | #955 |
| 1966 | 73 | #848 |
| 1965 | 72 | #866 |
| 1964 | 70 | #906 |
| 1963 | 75 | #869 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 62 | #979 |
| 1960 | 74 | #885 |
| 1959 | 75 | #887 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1957 | 72 | #888 |
| 1956 | 56 | #998 |
| 1955 | 66 | #914 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 71 | #829 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 47 | #893 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,078 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 48 | #939 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 50 | #993 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1922 | 58 | #914 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
Names like Brice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke Blake Jake Benjamin Adam Cole Nathan Matthew Jude Joshua Alexander Daniel
Other spellings of Brice
Names related to Brice
More Celtic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brice, updated 20 October 2026.