Bryar
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- BRY-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,867 for boys
Bryar is a name of English origin, meaning “thorny shrub, wild rose”. In 2025 it ranked 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Bryar mean?
English: spelling of Briar
“thorny shrub, wild rose”
A spelling of Briar, the thorny wild rose; Briar Rose is a name for the princess in Sleeping Beauty.
Is Bryar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bryar has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls and 84 boys in the US.
How popular is Bryar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,867th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Bryar, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 95 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 65 girls were also named Bryar in 2025 (2,645th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Bryar than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Bryar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 915 boys in the US were given Bryar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 15% of the babies named Bryar in the US in 1992, and 44% in 2025.
Bryar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 79 | #1,970 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,149 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 84 | #1,790 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 2012 | 89 | #1,696 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,056 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,182 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
Names like Bryar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Bridger, Deacon, Cannon, Kayden, Brody, Declan, Finnegan, Keegan, Aiden, Finn, Ronan
Other spellings of Bryar
Names related to Bryar
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Bryar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryar, updated 20 October 2026.