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Bryant

Boy · BRY-unt · Celtic

Bryant is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,323rd for boys in the US (146 babies).

What does Bryant mean?

Celtic: English surname from Brian, via Breton and Norman French

From an English surname based on the personal name Brian, brought to England by Bretons after 1066.

Say it
BRY-unt

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

Bryant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 146 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Bryant in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,323among boys
Babies in 2025
146about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 146 boys in the US were named Bryant, making it the 1,323rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 1,737 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bryant than any year since 1952.

Half of all the boys named Bryant in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,737 in 19892025
Bryant in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025146#1,323
2024176#1,176
2023196#1,094
2022254#908
2021309#795
2020400#657
2019271#831
2018356#685
2017466#583
2016467#587
2015426#626
2014477#582
2013481#551
2012557#485
2011602#449
2010621#438
2009714#412
2008728#404
2007713#408
2006771#388
2005814#361
2004972#318
2003977#305
2002952#306
2001956#303
2000903#318
1999817#332
1998896#311
1997896#303
1996859#309
1995906#293
1994874#304
19931,032#278
19921,083#262
19911,113#248
19901,493#204
19891,737#176
19881,714#164
19871,498#182
1986897#250
1985649#315
1984617#316
1983693#290
1982639#307
1981605#315
1980613#312
1979574#324
1978564#315
1977565#327
1976539#325
1975494#347
1974565#318
1973632#286
1972716#270
1971721#286
1970781#272
1969734#274
1968677#283
1967599#300
1966537#322
1965531#327
1964493#353
1963502#347
1962451#380
1961423#386
1960394#397
1959353#424
1958352#417
1957326#427
1956248#480
1955189#534
1954179#539
1953183#524
1952143#581
1951159#536
1950124#615
1949113#640
1948129#586
1947122#615
1946114#603
194596#616
1944108#592
194388#681
1942102#626
194163#786
1940105#579
193978#671
193887#640
193772#706
193673#690
193584#647
193488#637
193373#703
193289#632
193176#688
193060#841
192983#675
192883#694
192774#762
192690#663
192593#663
192489#691
192377#745
192286#702
1921102#630
1920105#615
191974#747
191882#692
191756#855
191658#810
191562#759
191454#697
191339#745
191226#876
191120#707
191027#546
190912#840
190823#522
190715#664
190611#752
190511#741
190414#612
190310#734
190211#686
190111#637
190024#469
189916#481
189822#418
189723#392
189626#380
18957#871
189411#630
189314#509
189218#458
189111#564
189014#511
188911#581
188816#484
18876#819
18869#647
188518#422
18846#848
18835#891
188213#514
18819#595
188016#442

Nicknames for Bryant

Names like Bryant

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

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