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Bryce

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
BRYS
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#1,537 for boys
US rank, 2025
#357 for boys

Big in Scotland

Bryce is a name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 357th for boys in the US (919 babies).

What does Bryce mean?

Celtic: from Brice, a Gaulish name

St Brice succeeded St Martin as Bishop of Tours in the 5th century.

More on Wiktionary.

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

In recent years, Bryce has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 76 girls and 919 boys in the US.

How popular is Bryce in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,537among boys
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Bryce, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 66 boys.

Half of all the boys named Bryce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Girls were 1% of the babies named Bryce in the UK in 2005, and 16% in 2024.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 66 in 20052025
Bryce in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#1,537
202416#1,664
202314#1,812
202221#1,364
202125#1,200
202021#1,317
201916#1,608
201824#1,210
201726#1,170
201633#988
201543#812
201422#1,260
201325#1,139
201234#957
201134#929
201034#927
200941#782
200837#837
200745#699
200641#729
200566#481
200443#634
200355#489
200240#575
200146#498
200042#531
199938#562
199835#587
199739#525
199632#575

How popular is Bryce in the US?

Rank in 2025
#357among boys
Babies in 2025
919about 1 in 1,900 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 919 boys in the US were named Bryce, making it the 357th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 234th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4,319 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908. 76 girls were also named Bryce in 2025 (2,368th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Bryce than any year since 1984.

Half of all the boys named Bryce in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 961 boys in the US were given Bryce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #350, up from #357 for this spelling alone.

1908Busiest: 4,319 in 20002025
Bryce in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025919#357
20241,132#296
20231,353#258
20221,302#265
20211,423#250
20201,570#234
20191,942#203
20182,244#175
20172,396#166
20162,843#147
20153,131#131
20143,118#131
20133,353#117
20123,184#117
20113,360#114
20103,470#112
20093,711#111
20083,662#117
20073,939#111
20063,974#109
20053,904#109
20044,024#108
20034,127#103
20024,068#97
20014,150#92
20004,319#92
19994,148#93
19984,053#94
19973,352#112
19963,090#120
19952,420#145
19942,341#150
19931,971#163
19921,830#175
19911,732#183
19901,818#169
19891,635#181
19881,586#179
19871,354#195
19861,218#201
1985984#236
1984838#257
1983708#287
1982635#311
1981663#296
1980658#302
1979536#338
1978521#337
1977524#341
1976447#361
1975474#354
1974397#388
1973404#383
1972466#360
1971263#502
1970275#489
1969222#526
1968195#540
1967181#555
1966193#552
1965191#556
1964196#564
1963201#557
1962205#549
1961162#622
1960186#570
1959166#601
1958159#608
1957143#640
1956190#551
1955146#613
1954156#589
1953146#597
1952138#598
1951138#589
1950124#615
194999#686
1948110#642
1947108#663
1946112#609
194572#718
194457#832
194388#681
194264#806
194163#786
194068#741
193957#805
193868#742
193767#742
193663#767
193568#741
193471#725
193359#799
193293#617
193174#702
193083#685
192967#788
192875#738
192771#780
192671#765
192587#690
192487#704
192379#733
192292#674
1921128#553
1920115#580
191962#832
191853#909
191731#1,222
191636#1,072
191533#1,124
191423#1,221
191320#1,146
191216#1,174
19110–
19105#1,588
19096#1,277
19085#1,372

Names like Bryce

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

Blake Ryan Cole Brody Luke Finn Dylan Cody Bryn Aiden Kyle Connor

Other spellings of Bryce

Brice

Names related to Bryce

Bruce

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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, “Bryce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryce, updated 20 October 2026.