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Bryan

Boy · BRY-an · Irish

Bryan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 503rd for boys in the UK (85 babies) and 336th for boys in the US (1,005 babies).

Where does Bryan come from?

Irish: spelling of Brian

Say it
BRY-an

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Is Bryan a girl's or a boy's name?

Bryan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 boys in the UK and 1,005 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Bryan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#503among boys
Babies in 2025
85about 1 in 3,500 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were named Bryan, making it the 503rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 547th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 102 boys.

Half of all the boys named Bryan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 188 boys in the UK were given Bryan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #282, up from #503 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 497th in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#58), 1944 (#79) and 1954 (#80).

1996Busiest: 102 in 20152025
Bryan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202585#503
202497#458
202377#562
202289#497
202157#697
202077#547
201980#538
201868#605
201766#624
201687#514
2015102#448
201493#483
201391#481
201279#532
201175#532
201061#614
200967#561
200881#493
200772#512
200672#488
200580#411
200458#497
200354#499
200261#418
200147#487
200051#466
199957#435
199854#447
199769#379
199666#374

How popular is Bryan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#336among boys
Babies in 2025
1,005about 1 in 1,700 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,005 boys in the US were named Bryan, making it the 336th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 259th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 8,717 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.

2025 had fewer boys named Bryan than any year since 1952.

Half of all the boys named Bryan in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,359 boys in the US were given Bryan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #336 for this spelling alone.

1883Busiest: 8,717 in 19852025
Bryan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,005#336
20241,105#307
20231,082#305
20221,172#291
20211,211#285
20201,359#259
20191,425#255
20181,641#233
20171,840#211
20162,130#186
20152,492#166
20142,731#149
20132,893#133
20123,083#121
20113,521#110
20103,938#97
20094,856#92
20085,505#82
20076,180#78
20066,699#66
20056,454#72
20046,732#65
20036,619#64
20026,617#64
20016,125#69
20006,143#70
19995,391#74
19985,309#74
19975,251#69
19965,560#66
19955,444#70
19945,606#66
19936,159#61
19926,835#57
19916,757#61
19907,439#57
19897,851#56
19888,036#54
19878,560#51
19868,651#47
19858,717#48
19848,270#48
19838,191#47
19827,498#49
19817,215#48
19807,513#49
19797,441#46
19787,291#43
19777,886#42
19767,288#43
19756,998#47
19747,226#45
19737,110#43
19727,035#45
19716,611#48
19706,452#53
19696,469#51
19686,254#51
19676,017#52
19665,890#52
19655,345#63
19645,272#70
19635,257#73
19624,992#82
19615,028#82
19604,780#88
19594,488#94
19584,091#101
19573,374#115
19562,438#132
19551,568#177
19541,225#204
19531,049#210
1952849#230
1951809#235
1950737#247
1949671#249
1948561#284
1947602#277
1946460#302
1945308#342
1944340#327
1943320#344
1942298#351
1941216#392
1940200#406
1939177#428
1938161#457
1937132#499
1936114#537
1935108#553
1934122#530
1933109#549
1932125#515
1931125#516
1930122#540
1929124#522
1928126#545
1927105#607
1926139#512
1925149#497
1924116#589
192398#650
1922119#588
1921103#625
192083#713
191987#663
191877#728
191752#884
191645#952
191550#868
191452#724
191345#667
191227#854
191115#855
191012#927
190920#590
190827#475
190722#495
19069#852
190510#786
190414#612
190310#734
190211#686
190119#433
190055#277
189936#289
189857#232
189797#159
1896157#116
189527#358
18949#729
18935#1,034
189210#687
18910–
18907#814
18890–
18880–
18870–
18865#959
18850–
18840–
18836#798

Names like Bryan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Conan Brayden Brody Finn Kody Keegan Cody Ronan Kevin Ryan Brogan Aiden

Other spellings of Bryan

Brian Brayan Bryon Brion Brallan Brien

Names related to Bryan

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