Bryn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRIN
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,017 for girls
Bryn is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “hill, mound”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 2,017th for girls in the US (94 babies).
What does Bryn mean?
Welsh
“hill, mound”
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Is Bryn a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 94 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Bryn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Bryn, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 110 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bryn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Bryn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 40 | #845 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 34 | #973 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 42 | #831 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 47 | #727 |
| 2009 | 60 | #606 |
| 2008 | 84 | #476 |
| 2007 | 84 | #456 |
| 2006 | 110 | #356 |
| 2005 | 86 | #393 |
| 2004 | 106 | #317 |
| 2003 | 98 | #318 |
| 2002 | 67 | #393 |
| 2001 | 77 | #372 |
| 2000 | 75 | #369 |
| 1999 | 90 | #330 |
| 1998 | 80 | #342 |
| 1997 | 84 | #337 |
| 1996 | 88 | #313 |
How popular is Bryn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,017among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were named Bryn, making it the 2,017th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,763rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 370 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949. 12 boys were also named Bryn in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Bryn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 861 girls in the US were given Bryn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #385, up from #2,017 for this spelling alone.
- Brynn 767
- Bryn 94
Girls were 65% of the babies named Bryn in the US in 1960, and 89% in 2025.
Bryn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,017 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,076 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,524 |
| 2020 | 113 | #1,763 |
| 2019 | 148 | #1,483 |
| 2018 | 168 | #1,338 |
| 2017 | 133 | #1,625 |
| 2016 | 180 | #1,325 |
| 2015 | 217 | #1,162 |
| 2014 | 276 | #966 |
| 2013 | 337 | #803 |
| 2012 | 353 | #779 |
| 2011 | 370 | #744 |
| 2010 | 229 | #1,092 |
| 2009 | 157 | #1,478 |
| 2008 | 179 | #1,354 |
| 2007 | 185 | #1,317 |
| 2006 | 192 | #1,252 |
| 2005 | 213 | #1,112 |
| 2004 | 265 | #912 |
| 2003 | 212 | #1,059 |
| 2002 | 192 | #1,099 |
| 2001 | 171 | #1,192 |
| 2000 | 204 | #1,027 |
| 1999 | 212 | #973 |
| 1998 | 140 | #1,283 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 1996 | 127 | #1,335 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,471 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,629 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,536 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,778 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,558 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,751 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,625 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,761 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,726 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,689 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
Names like Bryn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Conan Brogan Keegan Brayden Declan Brody Regan Conn Kerr Conlan Aiden
Other spellings of Bryn
Names related to Bryn
Bryan Byron Brayan Brayen Bran Bron Bryana Brynne Brynna Bryon
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Bryn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryn, updated 20 October 2026.